Relationship between child temperament and maternal parenting behaviour amongst preschool children in Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
The main objective of this study was to examine child emotional and behaviour problems of externalising and internalising behaviours and its relationship with child temperament and maternal parenting behaviours amongst preschool children in Serdang, Selangor. Teachers of 387 children aged 4 to...
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| Language: | English |
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2016
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| Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/66754/1/FEM%202016%2042%20IR.pdf |
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| Summary: | The main objective of this study was to examine child emotional and behaviour
problems of externalising and internalising behaviours and its relationship with
child temperament and maternal parenting behaviours amongst preschool
children in Serdang, Selangor. Teachers of 387 children aged 4 to 6 years old
from identified preschools filled the Caregiver Teacher Report Form (CTRF) to
screen children with emotional and behaviour problems. Subsequently, a further
questionnaire was distributed to mothers of the children to examine child
temperament via the Child Behaviour Questionnaire (CBQ) and maternal
parenting behaviours via the Parental Acceptance-Rejection Questionnaire
(PARQ). The results found that child temperament of negative affectivity
predicted both externalising and internalising behaviour problems. Moreover,
the results analysed also concluded that lack of maternal warmth and
acceptance and a prevalence of maternal rejection most significantly contributed
to the development of externalising and internalising behaviour problems in the
respondents. Furthermore, the study found that the relationship between
effortful control and surgency and externalising behaviour problems were fully
mediated by maternal parenting behaviour while negative affectivity and
externalising and internalising behaviours were partially mediated by maternal
parenting behaviours. Thus, negative maternal parenting behaviour has been
identified as the strongest predictor of behaviour problems in preschool children
validating the importance of mother-child relationships via proximal processes.
This stresses the importance of intervention programs to strengthen motherchild
relationships while screening and early warning mechanisms should be
implemented to prevent the issue from being overlooked. Additionally, based on
the National Child Protection policy, it is recommended to increase awareness and efforts to protect a child, encourage safe and healthy environments for
children and increase support services for positive child development. |
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