Journal of Youth and Adolescence
Volume 36, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 685-695
Parenting and internalizing and externalizing problems in Moroccan immigrant youth in the Netherlands (Article)
Stevens G.W.J.M.* ,
Vollebergh W.A.M. ,
Pels T.V.M. ,
Crijnen A.A.M.
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Department of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, University of Utrecht, Netherlands, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Utrecht, P.O. Box 80140, 3508 TC Utrecht, Netherlands
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Department of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, University of Utrecht, Netherlands, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Utrecht, Trimbos-institute, Utrecht, P.O. Box 80140, 3508 TC Utrecht, Netherlands
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Verwey-Jonker Institute, Netherlands, Verwey-Jonker Institute, Kromme Nieuwegracht 6, 3512 HG Utrecht, Netherlands
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Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, ErasmusMC/Sophia, Rotterdam, Netherlands, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Erasmus MC/Sophia, P.O. Box 2060, 3000 CB Rotterdam, Netherlands
Abstract
This study explores the relationship of parenting to internalizing and externalizing problems in Moroccan immigrant youth in the Netherlands. Interviews were conducted with 713 Moroccan immigrant parents, using the Child Behavior Checklist and the Nijmegen Rearing Questionnaire. Child rearing varied with socioeconomic status and psychological acculturation level of the parent, and gender and age of the child. In accordance with studies in Western populations, high levels of affection and monitoring were associated with low levels of problem behavior and high levels of discipline were associated with high levels of problem behavior. However, in contrast to studies in Western populations, a positive relationship was revealed between affection and discipline, and the univariate associations between discipline and problem behavior were modest. Discipline and internalizing problems were unrelated in low SES families, whereas a positive relationship was found in high SES families. The relationship between monitoring and externalizing problems was age-specific: We found a negative association for adolescents and no association for children. © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2007.
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DOI: 10.1007/s10964-006-9112-z
ISSN: 00472891
Cited by: 19
Original Language: English