TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Parenting practices and prospective levels of hyperactivity/inattention across early- and middle-childhood
JO  - Journal of psychopathology and behavioral assessment
A1  - Hawes, David J.
A1  - Dadds, Mark R.
A1  - Frost, Aaron D. J.
A1  - Russell, Alex
SP  - 273
EP  - 282
VL  - 35
IS  - 3
N2  - This study examined specific parenting practices as predictors of prospective levels of children's hyperactivity/inattention across early- and middle-childhood. Participants were a mixed-sex community cohort (N = 976; 52 % boys) aged 4-10 years (M = 6.5, SD = 1.3). Measures of parenting practices, hyperactivity/inattention, conduct problems, and maternal education were collected at baseline, and hyperactivity/inattention re-assessed at 12-month follow-up. Analyses examined predictors of 12-month hyperactivity/inattention while controlling for levels at baseline. High levels of parental involvement were associated with reduced levels of hyperactivity/inattention, but only across early childhood. Conversely, increases in child age were associated with increased levels of hyperactivity/inattention across middle-childhood, but only among children exposed to high levels of inconsistent discipline. Inconsistent discipline and parental involvement appear to be uniquely associated with prospective hyperactivity/inattention across childhood, independent of associated conduct problems. Our results further suggest some developmental specificity with regard to the effects of these distinct dimensions of parenting on hyperactivity/inattention at different points in childhood.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0882-2689
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10862-013-9341-x
ID  - ref1
ER  -