TY - JOUR

T1 - The mediating role of parenting in the relation between personality and externalizing problems in Russian children

AU - Loginova, Svetlana V.

AU - Slobodskaya, Helena R.

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2016 Elsevier Ltd

PY - 2017/2/1

Y1 - 2017/2/1

N2 - The aim of the current study was to explore the extent to which parenting practices mediate the relation between child personality traits and externalizing behavior in Russian cultural context. Participants were primary caregivers of 370 primary caregivers of preschool-age children. Parenting practices was measured by the Russian version of the Alabama Parenting Questionnaire - Preschool Revision (APQ-PR), child personality was measured by the Inventory of Child Individual Differences-Short version (ICID-S), externalizing problems were measured by the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ). The results show that the effect of child personality on externalizing problems is partly mediated by parental discipline practices. The additional direct effects of personality traits was also found indicating that dysfunctional parenting practices do not provide a complete account of relations between child personality and externalizing problems, whereas positive parenting does not contribute to problem behavior when child personality is taken into account. The pattern of relationships between child personality, parenting practices, and externalizing behavior is similar for boys and girls. The findings are in accord with previous empirical evidence on the mediating role of parenting in the relationship between child personality and externalizing behavior found in western cultures.

AB - The aim of the current study was to explore the extent to which parenting practices mediate the relation between child personality traits and externalizing behavior in Russian cultural context. Participants were primary caregivers of 370 primary caregivers of preschool-age children. Parenting practices was measured by the Russian version of the Alabama Parenting Questionnaire - Preschool Revision (APQ-PR), child personality was measured by the Inventory of Child Individual Differences-Short version (ICID-S), externalizing problems were measured by the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ). The results show that the effect of child personality on externalizing problems is partly mediated by parental discipline practices. The additional direct effects of personality traits was also found indicating that dysfunctional parenting practices do not provide a complete account of relations between child personality and externalizing problems, whereas positive parenting does not contribute to problem behavior when child personality is taken into account. The pattern of relationships between child personality, parenting practices, and externalizing behavior is similar for boys and girls. The findings are in accord with previous empirical evidence on the mediating role of parenting in the relationship between child personality and externalizing behavior found in western cultures.

KW - Child personality

KW - Externalizing

KW - Mediation

KW - Parenting

KW - Preschoolers

KW - PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES

KW - PROBLEM BEHAVIOR

KW - TEMPERAMENT

KW - RISK

KW - MODELS

KW - ADOLESCENTS

KW - QUESTIONNAIRE

KW - PSYCHOPATHOLOGY

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85001976368&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1016/j.paid.2016.10.055

DO - 10.1016/j.paid.2016.10.055

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:85001976368

VL - 106

SP - 275

EP - 280

JO - Personality and Individual Differences

JF - Personality and Individual Differences

SN - 0191-8869

ER -