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Canada - This population-based study examined correlates of three parenting
behaviors (positive interactions, consistency, and ineffective parenting) that
have been shown to differ in children with neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs),
with and without externalizing behavior problems (EBPs), as compared to children
with neither condition. METHOD: The sample of children aged 4-11 (N = 14,226) was
drawn from the Canadian National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth
(NLSCY). Analyses examined the associations of child, parental, and social
context factors with parenting behaviors, and whether they differed by child
health group. RESULTS: Child age, family functioning, and social support
variables were significant predictors of all three parenting behaviors.
Significant interaction effects highlight the importance of the child's sex,
birth order, and support received from community or social service professionals,
and that these factors have differential impacts on parenting behaviors depending
on the child's health group. CONCLUSIONS: Other Child, parent, and social context
factors are associated with parenting behaviors but these associations vary by
the child's health group. Parenting behaviors differ for children with NDDs with
and without EBPs.
These findings offer important implications for practice and
research and point to the importance of considering multiple contexts of
influence, as well as their interactions, in understanding differences in parenting behaviors.

Langue : ANGLAIS