1. Objectifs

Intentions :
«[T]he present study evaluated a comprehensive, ecological model hypothesizing direct, mediated, and moderated pathways linking child temperamental inhibition, maternal overcontrol and rejection, and contextual stressors to IP in early childhood.» (p. 232)

Questions/Hypothèses :
«We predicted that: (1) more inhibited children would show more IP in early childhood; (2) less positive, more critical, and/or more punitively controlling parents would have children with more IP; (3) the links between IP and parenting dimensions would be stronger among more inhibited children; (4) parental negative emotionality would be associated with children’s IP, and less positive, more critical, and/or more punitive parenting would mediate the association; and (5) contexts of greater family socioeconomic and structural stress would be associated with children’s IP, and low positive, more critical, and/or more punitive parenting would mediate these relations.» (p. 232)

2. Méthode

Échantillon/Matériau :
Les auteurs ont utilisé trois échantillons provenant de ces projets d’étude:
- The Concordia Longitudinal Risk Project (126 enfants de langue française vivant dans un quartier pauvre de Montréal)
- The Daycare and Preschool Adjustment Study (133 familles de la grande région montréalaise)
- The Shame in Childhood Study (241 enfants provenant de Winnipeg)

Instruments :
Questionnaire

Type de traitement des données :
Analyse statistique

3. Résumé

«This study evaluated a comprehensive model of factors associated with internalizing problems (IP) in early childhood, hypothesizing direct, mediated, and moderated pathways linking child temperamental inhibition, maternal overcontrol and rejection, and contextual stressors to IP. [...] Items tapping into the same constructs across samples were used to create parallel measures of inhibited temperament, maternal positive, critical, and punitive parenting, maternal negative emotionality, family socioeconomic and structural stressors, and child’s IP. Multiple-groups structural equation modeling indicated that associations were invariant across samples and did not differ for boys and girls. Child inhibition, less positive and more critical parenting, maternal negative emotionality, and family socioeconomic disadvantage were found to have direct associations with IP. In addition, maternal negative emotionality was associated with IP through more critical parenting, and both maternal negative emotionality and socioeconomic stress were associated with IP through less positive parenting. Results highlight the multiple independent and cumulative risk factors for early IP and demonstrate the power of integrating data across developmental studies.» (p. 229-230)