Abstract

CRUZ-ALANIZ, Yuria; BONILLO MARTIN, Albert  and  JANE BALLABRIGA, María Claustre. Parents’ Executive Functions, Parenting Styles, and Oppositional Defiant Disorder Symptoms: A Relational Model. Univ. Psychol. [online]. 2018, vol.17, n.2, pp.39-48. ISSN 1657-9267.  https://doi.org/10.11144/javeriana.upsy.17-2.pefp.

The present study examined the role of mother’s and father’s executive functions (EF), warmth and harsh parenting, and child oppositional defiant disorder symptoms (ODD). A total of 100 families with preschool children participated. The mothers answered three questionnaires: EMBU, ECI-4, and the BRIEF; the fathers answered only the BRIEF. The analysis was done by testing two structural equation models (SEM). The results showed that both models had an excellent fit and presented a significant path from mother’s EF toward harsh parenting; the second model presented a significant path from harsh parenting to ODD symptoms. Our findings are concluded in light of the importance of addressing parenting interventions to prevent further conduct/disruptive disorders.

Keywords : executive functions; parenting styles; harsh parenting; oppositional defiant disorder; mother executive functions.

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