While students tend to learn values and morals at home, the research shows that peer groups also have a significant
impact on child behavior and future outcomes.
With these and other findings as the basis for discussion, several propositions concerning the
effects on child behavior of parental control variables are critically examined.
Using an intent - to - treat design, COPEing with Toddler Behaviour yielded significant effects
on child behavior problems, positive parent — child interaction, and parental over reactivity and depression, but not observed negative child behavior or parental laxness.
Even though the trial was powered to detect a small effect size, only modest improvements in parenting risks were found, but no impact
on child behavior at follow - up time points of 18, 24, or 36 months was found.
Dr. Sheperis is an author of the best practices in parenting for the American Counseling Association and is a noted
expert on child behavior.
However, there were no other significant differences between experimental and control group parents in any other
measures on the Child Behavior Checklist (including social withdrawal, social problems, attention problems, delinquent behavior, and aggressive behavior).
Parent and teacher
agreement on Child Behavior Checklist items in a sample of preschoolers from low - income and predominantly African American families.
These results show that Legacy had a positive impact
on child behavior when mothers participated in the program.
For example if a child is having school or relationship issues, therapy can identify family patterns that may cause a child or teen to act out, rather on just
focusing on the child behavior.
Despite this reality, research and interventions for children focus on the parent — child relationship as the primary source of influence on child outcomes; the effects of
siblings on child behavior and health are often underestimated.
Results showed at 6 - month follow - up that compared to the waitlist control group, significant intervention effects were found for disruptive child behavior, ineffective parenting practices, parenting confidence, as well as clinically significant
improvements on child behavior and parenting.
Limitations include lack of small sample size and significant differences between the groups at
baseline on the child behavior measures, indicating that the randomization process may have been flawed.
Prenatal effects of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors antidepressents, serotonin transporter promoter genotype (SLC6A4), and maternal
mood on child behavior at 3 years of age.
If (complete)
data on child behavior was available from one of the parents (child problem behavior) or from one of the two home visits (child prosocial behavior), this was taken as the best estimate of the missing scores per wave.
After controlling for mother reports of child problem
behaviors on the Child Behavior Checklist at Age 4, it was found that subsequent exposure to family violence predicted reported problem behaviors at Age 6.
Children with current sleep problems were more likely still to be nursed to sleep by an adult and had slightly higher mean scores
on Child Behavior Check List subscales for Aggressive Behavior (54 vs 52) and Somatic Problems (55 vs 53).
Investigating the Influence of Parenting
Stress on Child Behavior Problems in Children with Developmental Delay: The Role of Parent - Child Relational Factors.
This study examined the responsiveness of the SDQ among high - risk youth and tested the degree to which changes on the SDQ correspond to
changes on the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL), a well - established and lengthier reference measure.
Revisiting the children of twins: Can they be used to resolve the environmental effects of dyadic parental
treatment on child behavior?
Descriptive and regression
study on child behaviors, community support, and family coping in parents of children with autism
Pertinent findings concerning the effects
on child behavior of component disciplinary practices are reviewed.