Personality and parental rearing practices as predictors of adolescent emotional and behavioral problems
Medimond |
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2010 |
This study focuses on assessment of personality and parental rearing practices as predictors of adolescent emotional and behavioral problems. Participants (N = 467, ages 16-17) completed questionnaires about parental rearing practices (EMBU), emotional and behavioral problems (YSR 11/18), and personality traits (NEO – FFI). Girls scored higher on emotional problems (but not on behavioral problems) than boys. Parental behavior was more strongly associated with girls‘emotional and behavioral problems, in comparison to boys. Parental rearing behavior is less significant predictors of emotional and behavioral problems in adolescence, than personality traits. Furthermore, parental rearing behavior and personality traits (namely, neuroticizm) were stronger predictors of emotional and behavioral problems for girls in comparison to boys.