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Journal of Pediatric Psychology Advance Access published online on November 6, 2006
Journal of Pediatric Psychology, doi:10.1093/jpepsy/jsj011
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Received July 27, 2004
Accepted February 8, 2005

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Predictors of Parenting Behavior Trajectories Among Families of Young Adolescents with and without Spina Bifida

Rachel Neff Greenley PhD 1, Grayson N. Holmbeck PhD 2 *, and Brigid M. Rose MA 2

1 Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
2 Loyola University Chicago

* To whom correspondence should be addressed.
Grayson N. Holmbeck, E-mail: gholmbe{at}luc.edu


  Abstract

Objective To evaluate the utility of familial and parental variables in predicting trajectories of parenting behaviors among families of young adolescents with and without spina bifida (SB). Method Sixty-eight families with a child with SB and a demographically matched comparison group (CG) of 68 families of an able-bodied child participated. Observational and questionnaire assessments of parenting behavior were collected via home visits at three time points, as were reports of parent and family functioning. Results Family conflict was negatively associated with adaptive parenting behavior at Time 1 (T1), but positively associated with adaptive parenting change. Although the direction of this effect was the same across both groups, findings were more robust for the SB sample. Among fathers of children with SB, parenting stress was positively associated with adaptive parenting at T1 but negatively associated with adaptive parenting change. In contrast, within the CG, paternal parenting stress was negatively associated with adaptive parenting at T1 but showed no enduring negative effects in longitudinal analyses. Conclusions Family conflict and parenting stress were significant predictors of parenting behaviors and longitudinal parenting change. Findings are interpreted within a developmental context such that variables associated with maladaptive (or adaptive) parenting in the short run, may facilitate adaptive (or maladaptive) parenting over time based on young adolescents’ changing developmental needs.

Keywords: adolescence; chronic illness; family; parenting; spina bifida.
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