Christina M. Rodriguez
Association Between Independent Reports of Maternal Parenting Stress and Children’s Internalizing Symptomatology
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
although considerable research investigated parenting stress childrens externalizing behavior problems comparatively less considered parenting stress relation childrens internalizing difficulties even less research parenting stress incorporated childrens report internalizing symptoms potential mediating role childrens attributional style current study hypothesized childrens independent reports internalizing symptoms would associated mothers reports parenting stress childrens attributional style community sample 92 motherchild dyads participated results suggest maternal parenting stress child parent sources significantly associated childrens anxious depressive symptoms parenting stress associated childrens internalizing symptoms partially mediated childrens maladaptive attributional style primarily negative attributions positive outcomes findings discussed terms future directions tease apart specific areas parenting stress may pertinent well explore cognitive mechanisms children may relate parenting stress childrens adjustment