1. Objectifs

Intentions :
«The goal of the present study was thus to compare the impact of two types of controlling parenting (external and internal) on the likelihood, for children, to follow distinct anxiety trajectories (from 2.5- to 8-years of age; mother-rated). We aimed to examine their unique and relative contribution in the context of other key parenting dimensions (i.e., warmth/involvement, structure and permissiveness) and other putative risk factors for anxiety (e.g., child’s sex and behavioural inhibition, maternal depressive symptoms, familial status, family dysfunction and SES [socio-economic status]).» (p. 3281)

Questions/Hypothèses :
«The first hypothesis was that both types of controlling parenting would have a detrimental impact on the development of child anxiety. We expected that externally and internally controlling parenting would be related to greater risk of following higher trajectories of mother-rated anxiety and of being rated as more anxious by school teachers. Next, we expected that the negative impact of controlling parenting would be exacerbated by mother and child vulnerabilities.» (p. 3281)

2. Méthode

Échantillon/Matériau :
«The present study used data from the Québec Longitudinal Study of Child Development (QLSCD), conducted by Institut de la statistique du Québec […].» (p. 3281)

Instruments :
Questionnaire

Type de traitement des données :
Analyse statistique

3. Résumé

«As expected results showed that while both coercion and overprotection play important roles in anxiety development, they seem to do so differently. One indication of these different and respective links to childhood anxiety was found when interaction effects were investigated. Unsurprisingly, maternal coercion, a variable said to elicit fear of the other (Ryan et al. 2006), differentiated the highest from both lower anxiety trajectories in our study. It thus seems that eliciting fear in children simply increases anxiety. On the other hand, maternal overprotection, a variable said to elicit self-doubt (Affrunti and Ginsburg 2012) was also linked to the highest anxiety level but only when mothers felt relatively more depressed or when anxiety was rated by the teacher.» (p. 3288)