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Journal of Pediatric Psychology 19(6) pp. 689-707, 1994
© 1994 Society of Pediatric Psychology

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Parenting Style and Developmental Status Among Children with Nonorganic Failure to Thrive1

Maureen M. Black2, Jacqueline J. Hutcheson, Howard Dubowitz and Julie Berenson-Howard

University of Maryland School of Medicine

2All correspondence should be sent to Maureen M. Black, Division of General Pediatrics, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 700 W. Lombard Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201

Examined differences in several developmental indices of competence among 102 low-income, inner-city, predominantly African American children with non-organic failure to thrive (NOFTT) and a comparison group of 67 children with adequate growth matched on age, gender, race, and socioeconomic status. Parents were categorized into one of three groups (nurturant, authoritarian, and neglecting) based on observations during feeding. Parents of children with NOFTT were less nurturant and more neglecting than parents of comparison children. Associations between parenting style and children's social-cognitive development were similar across groups. Children of nurturant parents consistently demonstrated better social-cognitive development. Results support the importance of considering heterogeneity among high-risk families and the need to examine the relationships linking parenting style and child development.

Key words: failure to thrive; low income; child development; parenting style; parent-child interaction; nurturance; African American.


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