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Maladaptive Personality Traits and Psychopathology in Childhood and Adolescence: The Moderating Effect of Parenting
Author(s) -
De Clercq Barbara,
Van Leeuwen Karla,
De Fruyt Filip,
Van Hiel Alain,
Mervielde Ivan
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of personality
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.082
H-Index - 144
eISSN - 1467-6494
pISSN - 0022-3506
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2007.00489.x
Subject(s) - psychology , psychopathology , developmental psychology , personality , big five personality traits , personality development , clinical psychology , social psychology
This study examines child and adolescent psychopathology from a maladaptive trait perspective, incorporating both parental and child ratings of parenting as a moderator of the personality‐psychopathology association. Hierarchical moderated regression analyses were conducted on a combined sample of referred and nonreferred children and adolescents ( N= 862, parental ratings of parenting and N= 396, child ratings of parenting). The results indicated positive main effects of maladaptive traits on externalizing and internalizing problems, and positive main effects of parental negative control on externalizing problems. Significant interactions were found for Disagreeableness and Emotional Instability with parental Negative Control and for Disagreeableness × Positive Parenting in explaining externalizing problems. The discussion focuses on the contribution of these findings to a better understanding of the trait‐psychopathology relationship at young age.