Citation

Root AE, Wimsatt M, Rubin KH, Bigler ED, Dennis M, Gerhardt CA, Stancin T, Taylor HG, Vannatta K, Yeates KO. J. Appl. Dev. Psychol. 2016; 42: 1-7.

Affiliation

University of Calgary.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.appdev.2015.10.002

PMID

26726276

PMCID

PMC4695398

Abstract

Similarities and differences in parenting practices of children (Mage = 10; range 8-13 years) with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and socially-typical controls were examined. In addition, parenting practices were examined as moderators between injury group status (TBI or socially-typical) and social adjustment in the peer group. Mothers completed assessments of parenting practices; children's peers reported about children's social adjustment. The mothers of children with TBI reported significantly lower levels of nurturance and significantly higher levels of restrictiveness than mothers of socially-typical children. In addition, mothers' nurturance moderated the relation between injury group and peer rejection, such that children with TBI were more rejected by classmates compared to their socially-typical peers at low levels of maternal nurturance. The findings are interpreted as supporting the important role parents play in the development of children with a history of TBI, as well as the implications for family-level interventions.

Language: en