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Parental sensitivity and child behavioral problems: A meta-analytic review.

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Authors

Cooke, Jessica E 
Deneault, Audrey-Ann  ORCID logo  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1303-8046
Devereux, Chloe 
Eirich, Rachel 
Fearon, RM Pasco 

Abstract

Meta-analytic associations between observed parental sensitivity and child behavioral problems were examined (children aged 0-17 years). Studies (k = 108, N = 28,114) contained sociodemographically diverse samples, primarily from North America and Europe, reporting on parent-child dyads (95% mothers; 54% boys). Sensitivity significantly related to internalizing (k = 69 studies; N = 14,729; r = -.08, 95% CI [-.12, -.05]) and externalizing (k = 94; N = 25,418; r = -.14, 95% CI [-.17, -.11]) problems, with stronger associations found for externalizing. For internalizing problems, associations were significantly stronger among samples with low socioeconomic status (SES) versus mid-high SES, in peer-reviewed versus unpublished dissertations, and in studies using composite versus single scale sensitivity measures. No other moderators emerged as significant.

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Keywords

Europe, Female, Humans, Male, Mothers, Parents, Problem Behavior

Journal Title

Child Dev

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Journal ISSN

0009-3920
1467-8624

Volume Title

93

Publisher

Wiley