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The Impact of Parenting on the Associations Between Child Aggression Subtypes and Oppositional Defiant Disorder Symptoms

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The current study evaluated parenting behaviors (i.e., parental monitoring, inconsistent discipline, parental involvement, positive parenting, and corporal punishment) as moderators of the link between proactive and reactive aggression and oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) symptoms in a community sample of 89 children ranging from 9 to 12 years of age (M = 10.44, SD = 1.14; 56 % male). Reactive, but not proactive, aggression was uniquely positively associated with ODD symptoms. Additionally, inconsistent discipline moderated the association between proactive, but not reactive, aggression and ODD symptoms, such that proactive aggression was associated with ODD symptoms only when levels of inconsistent discipline were high. Findings appear to suggest that associations between these aggression subtypes and ODD symptoms are influenced by different factors, with inconsistent discipline indicated in the association between proactively aggressive behavior and ODD symptoms. Implications for intervention are discussed.

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Pederson, C.A., Fite, P.J. The Impact of Parenting on the Associations Between Child Aggression Subtypes and Oppositional Defiant Disorder Symptoms. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev 45, 728–735 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-014-0441-y

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