Relationship between parenting and internalizing and externalizing problems: the mediating role of attachment

Authors

  • Sandra Adriana Neves Nunes Faculdade de Ilhéus
  • Ana Maria Xavier Faraco Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
  • Mauro Luis Vieira Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
  • Carolina Saraiva de Macedo Lisboa Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul. PUC-RS
  • Kenneth H. Rubin University of Maryland

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/psi.v19i3.32371

Keywords:

externalizing problems, internalizing problems, attachment, parenting practices

Abstract

Children emotional and behavioral problems have been a topic of increasing investigation due to its
high stability and its role as a predictor to psychopathological disorders in adulthood. This study
investigated the mediating role of attachment to the association between parenting practices
externalizing problems (aggression and delinquency) and internalizing (social withdrawal and anxiety
/ depression). A total of 289 children (Mage = 10,5; SD = 0,77) answered the Security Scale, an
instrument about parenting practices (PRRC) and the Child Behavior Checklist. The results indicated
that the quality of maternal attachment played a mediating role on externalizing problems, but not on
internalizing which emphasize the important role that attachment quality can play in the association
between parenting practices and emotional and behavioral problems in childhood.

Author Biography

Sandra Adriana Neves Nunes, Faculdade de Ilhéus

Faculdade de Ilhéus

Coodenadora do Curso de Psicologia

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Published

2016-11-09

How to Cite

Nunes, S. A. N., Faraco, A. M. X., Vieira, M. L., Lisboa, C. S. de M., & Rubin, K. H. (2016). Relationship between parenting and internalizing and externalizing problems: the mediating role of attachment. Interação Em Psicologia, 19(3). https://doi.org/10.5380/psi.v19i3.32371

Issue

Vol. 19 No. 3 (2015)

Section

Research Reports

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