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Background: Controversy exists regarding the role played by parent-children relationships for children’s behavioral and psychosocial
development. Crucial for some authors, others consider parenting styles as part of a more complex system. Less adaptive parenting
styles are generally associated with childrenwhohave lower involvement at school and may contribute for psychopathology
emergence.
Objectives: To investigate the contribution of parenting styles for the explanation of child psychopathology.
Hypothesis: Parenting styles (H1) and parents’ childhood memories regarding parenting styles (H2) do contribute significantly for
the explanation of statistical variance of children’s psychopathology.
Method: Participants: 110 children (67 boys, 43 girls) aged 7-11 years (M = 9.22, SD = 1.14) from schools in Portugal as well as 83 fathers
and 86 mothers; Instruments: For parenting styles, the Portuguese version of EMBU memories of upbringing (for parents regarding
their own parents), EMBU-P (for parents) and EMBU-C (for children) were used. To assess children’s psychopathology the Portuguese
version of CBCL was used.
Results: According to linear regressions, individual and family factors do contribute significantly for the explanation of all CBCL’s
indexes. EMBU-C regarding mothers’ parenting styles only explains the Hyperactivity/Attention index. EMBU-P explains most of
CBCL’s indexes. Mothers’ and Fathers’ EMBU Memories of Upbringing explains the overall CBCL’s indexes.
Conclusions: The explanation of children’s psychopathology by parenting styles is not restricted to parents’ representations regarding
their own parenting styles nor to children’s perceptions regarding parenting styles but extends to memories of parents regarding
parenting styles used by theirownparents. The ability of EMBUMemoriesof Upbringing to explain children’s psychopathology
seems to exceed the EMBU-P’s and EMBU-C’s capacity.
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Psychopathology Children Parents Grandparents Parenting Styles
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Citation
Carreteiro, R. M., & Justo, J. (2016). Parenting styles and psychopathology: the importance of grandparents. Shiraz E-Medical Journal, 17(11), e43468.
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Shiraz University of Medical Sciences