1. Perceived mother and father acceptance-rejection predict four unique aspects of child adjustment across nine countries
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Anna Silvia Bombi, Laura Di Giunta, Kirby Deater-Deckard, Dario Bacchini, Liliana Maria Uribe Tirado, Kenneth A. Dodge, Concetta Pastorelli, Sombat Tapanya, Liane Peña Alampay, Lei Chang, Arnaldo Zelli, Diane L. Putnick, Ann T. Skinner, Jennifer E. Lansford, Emma Sorbring, Paul Oburu, Patrick S. Malone, Suha M. Al-Hassan, Marc H. Bornstein, Putnick, Dl, Bornstein, Mh, Lansford, Je, Malone, P, Pastorelli, C, Skinner, At, Sorbring, E, Tapanya, S, Uribe Tirado, Lm, Zelli, A, Alampay, Lp, Al Hassan, Sm, Bacchini, Dario, Bombi, A, Chang, L, Deater Deckard, K, Di Giunta, L, Dodge, Ka, Oburu, P., Putnick, Diane L., Bornstein, Marc H., Lansford, Jennifer E., Malone, Patrick S., Pastorelli, Concetta, Skinner, Ann T., Sorbring, Emma, Tapanya, Sombat, Uribe Tirado, Liliana Maria, Zelli, Arnaldo, Alampay, Liane Peã±a, Al-hassan, Suha M., Bombi, Anna Silvia, Chang, Lei, Deater-deckard, Kirby, Di Giunta, Laura, Dodge, Kenneth A., and Oburu, Paul
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Male ,Parents ,Philippines ,Developmental psychology ,Fathers ,cross-cultural ,Social desirability bias ,prosocial behavior ,Adaptation, Psychological ,Developmental and Educational Psychology ,Parent-Child Relations ,Child ,Mother ,Parenting ,Social distance ,social competence ,behavior problem ,Thailand ,Psychiatry and Mental health ,Italy ,Psychological Distance ,Prosocial behavior ,Female ,Social competence ,Rejection, Psychology ,Psychology ,Social Adjustment ,Human ,Parent-Child Relation ,United State ,Adult ,Cross-Cultural Comparison ,Child Behavior Disorder ,China ,Mothers ,Child Behavior Disorders ,Colombia ,Emotional Adjustment ,Article ,school performance ,Parental acceptance-rejection ,Father ,Humans ,Cross-cultural ,Rejection (Psychology) ,Social Distance ,Philippine ,Sweden ,Jordan ,Kenya ,Cross-cultural studies ,United States ,Country of origin ,Parent ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health - Abstract
Background: It is generally believed that parental rejection of children leads to child maladaptation. However, the specific effects of perceived parental acceptance-rejection on diverse domains of child adjustment and development have been incompletely documented, and whether these effects hold across diverse populations and for mothers and fathers are still open questions. Methods: This study assessed children’s perceptions of mother and father acceptance-rejection in 1,247 families from China, Colombia, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, the Philippines, Sweden, Thailand, and the United States as antecedent predictors of later internalizing and externalizing behavior problems, school performance, prosocial behavior, and social competence. Results: Higher perceived parental rejection predicted increases in internalizing and externalizing behavior problems and decreases in school performance and prosocial behavior across 3 years controlling for within-wave relations, stability across waves, and parental age, education, and social desirability bias. Patterns of relations ere similar across mothers and fathers and, with a few exceptions, all nine countries. Conclusions: Children’s perceptions of maternal and paternal acceptance-rejection have small but nearly universal effects on multiple aspects of their adjustment and development regardless of the family’s country of origin. Keywords: Parental acceptance-rejection, behavior problems, school performance, prosocial behavior, social competence, cross-cultural.
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- 2014