Dyadic Parenting and Children's Externalizing Symptoms

  1. Karen B. Meteyer1,
  2. Maureen Perry-Jenkins2,*

Article first published online: 22 JUN 2009

DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2009.00553.x

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Family Relations

Family Relations

Volume 58, Issue 3, pages 289–302, July 2009

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Meteyer, K. B. and Perry-Jenkins, M. (2009), Dyadic Parenting and Children's Externalizing Symptoms. Family Relations, 58: 289–302. doi: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2009.00553.x

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  1. 1

    Greater Binghamton Health Center

  2. 2

    University of Massachusetts†

*Greater Binghamton Health Center, Binghamton, New York (kmeteyer@gmail.com).

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 22 JUN 2009
  2. Article first published online: 22 JUN 2009

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Keywords:

  • behavior problems in children;
  • cluster analysis;
  • dual-earner;
  • dyadic parenting;
  • externalizing symptoms;
  • parenting styles

We explore dyadic parenting styles and their association with first-grade children's externalizing behavior symptoms in a sample of 85 working-class, dual-earner families. Cluster analysis is used to create a typology of parenting types, reflecting the parental warmth, overreactivity, and laxness of both mothers and fathers in two-parent families. Three distinct groups emerged: Supportive Parents, Mixed-Support Parents, and Unsupportive Parents. Results indicate that dyadic parenting styles were related to teacher-reported externalizing symptoms for boys but not for girls.

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