Impacts of Adolescents' Emotional and Behavioral Concerns and Social Skills on Parenting Stress
Year: 2014
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Minimal literature has examined predictors of parenting stress for parents of adolescents and what may contribute to the impact of these predictors, particularly those regarding adolescent behavior. The current study sought to evaluate whether adolescents’ internalizing and externalizing behaviors significantly predicted parenting stress and whether adolescent social skills moderated the relationship. Covariates of gender, age, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status were entered first into a multiple regression moderation model and followed by internalizing and externalizing behaviors, social skills, and interaction terms, respectively. The overall model explained 19 percent of the variance in parenting stress. While internalizing behaviors significantly predicted parenting stress, externalizing behaviors were not a significant predictor and social skills did not moderate the relationship. Future research should investigate other contributors to parenting stress and compare more specific components of the broad constructs of internalizing and externalizing behaviors (e.g. symptoms of anxiety, depression, inattention/hyperactivity, and aggression).
Author: Marissa Miller
Institution: University of South Carolina
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W32523749