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Gallarin, Miriam; Alonso-Arbiol, Itziar – Journal of Adolescence, 2012
The aim of this study was twofold: a) to test the mediation role of attachment between parenting practices and aggressiveness, and b) to clarify the differential role of mothers and fathers with regard to aggressiveness. A total of 554 adolescents (330 girls and 224 boys), ages ranging between 16 and 19, completed measures of mothers' and fathers'…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attachment Behavior, Child Rearing, Parenting Styles
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Guion, Kim; Mrug, Sylvie; Windle, Michael – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2009
Research has demonstrated a lack of agreement between parent and child reports across a range of parent and child variables. These discrepancies hinder the interpretation of research findings as well as diagnostic and treatment decisions in clinical practice. The current study examined the hypothesis that discrepancies between parent and child…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Discipline, Structural Equation Models, Caregivers
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Flora, David B. – Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2008
Piecewise latent trajectory models for longitudinal data are useful in a wide variety of situations, such as when a simple model is needed to describe nonlinear change, or when the purpose of the analysis is to evaluate hypotheses about change occurring during a particular period of time within a model for a longer overall time frame, such as…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Evaluation Methods, Equations (Mathematics), Longitudinal Studies
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Fischer, Judith L.; Forthun, Larry F.; Pidcock, Boyd W.; Dowd, Duane A. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2007
This study tested associations between problems in parent-youth relationships and problems with alcohol use among college students (N = 1592) using structural equation modeling. Hypotheses were that relationships between both substance-specific parenting factors (parental drinking) and non-substance-specific parenting factors (parental intrusive…
Descriptors: Campuses, Maturity (Individuals), Structural Equation Models, Child Rearing
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Wang, Aimin; Stevens, Brenda; Chen, Ping; Qian, Mingyi – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 1999
Examined impact of Chinese family socialization practices on children's socialization over 4 years. Found that parental reasoning, intellectual stimulation, and encouragement of independence were significant indicators of overall family socialization practices. Children's self-control, and positive attitudes toward others and toward work were…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Childhood Attitudes, Children, Family Environment
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Forgatch, Marion S.; DeGarmo, David S.; Beldavs, Zintars G. – Behavior Therapy, 2005
This article evaluates the efficacy of the Oregon model of Parent Management Training (PMTO) in the stepfamily context. Sixty-seven of 110 participants in the Marriage and Parenting in Stepfamilies (MAPS) program received a PMTO-based intervention. Participants in the randomly assigned experimental group displayed a large effect in benefits to…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Intervention, Structural Equation Models, Family (Sociological Unit)
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Driessen, Geert W. J. M. – Early Child Development and Care, 2003
A model of family, child, and parental childrearing characteristics was developed and tested for predicting the cognitive competence in a sample of 10,774 six-year-olds from The Netherlands. Results of LISREL analyses showed that parent education level played a central role in explaining differences in children's cognitive competence. Family…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Cognitive Development, Competence, Dutch