Syndrome Specificity and Mother-child Interactions: Examining Positive and Negative Parenting Across Contexts and Time

Overview

Journal J Autism Dev Disord

Publisher Springer

Date 2012 Jul 26

PMID 22829243

Citations 31

Authors

Jan Blacher

Bruce L Baker

Araksia Kaladjian

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Abstract

This study examined the extent to which child syndromes and observation context related to mothers' parenting behaviors. Longitudinal observations were conducted of parenting behavior across ages 3, 4, and 5 years during structured and unstructured activities. The 183 participants included mothers of children with autism spectrum disorders, cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, undifferentiated developmental delay, or typical cognitive development. Negative parenting behaviors were higher in structured activities and higher in mothers of children in all developmentally delayed groups. Positive parenting was higher in unstructured activities and especially high for mothers of children with Down syndrome. Despite differences found through direct observation of parenting children in different diagnostic groups, they are not as strong as syndrome-group differences found through more commonly used self-report questionnaires assessing domains like parenting stress.

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