Children’s externalizing and internalizing symptoms and their involvement in decision-making
Introduction The involvement of children in decision making processes was shown to have beneficial effects on their cognitive, emotional, and social development. However, no research focused on its association with child’s psychopathology. Objectives Our research aimed to explore the relationships...
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Introduction
The involvement of children in decision making processes was shown to have beneficial effects on their cognitive, emotional, and social development. However, no research focused on its association with child’s psychopathology.
Objectives
Our research aimed to explore the relationships between children’s externalizing and internalizing symptoms and their involvement in decision making in a dimensional approach.
Methods
A community sample of 318 parents (64.2% mothers, mean age: 39.48 years SD=5.82) filled out an online questionnaire including the Decision-Making Involvement Scale (DMIS) assessing the parent’s and child’s behaviour in decision-making processes and the Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ). Linear regression analyses were conducted for exploring multivariate associations of DMIS Parent and Child subscales with child’s psychopathology and prosocial behaviour, controlling for child’s gender and age.
Results
With SDQ Internalizing problems subscale as dependent, linear regression analysis did not result in a significant model. In a significant model explaining 21.2% of the variance of the dependent variable, SDQ Externalizing problems score were significantly related to child’s age and gender, and to both Child and Parent subscales of the DMIS. When choosing SDQ Prosocial behaviour subscale as dependent, child’s gender and DMIS Child subscale were significantly associated to the dependent variables, accounting for 12.2% of the variance.
Conclusions
Our results suggest that children’s involvement in decisions may be related to less externalizing symptoms and higher levels of prosocial skills. However, longitudinal research is needed to uncover the direction of the relationship and underlying mechanisms.
Disclosure
No significant relationships.
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| spelling | doaj.art-180e74b515cd48e09e50b057ff96d0012023-11-17T05:07:03ZengCambridge University PressEuropean Psychiatry0924-93381778-35852022-06-0165S702S70310.1192/j.eurpsy.2022.1809Children’s externalizing and internalizing symptoms and their involvement in decision-makingB. Németh0M. Miklósi1Eotvos Lorand University, Doctoral School Of Psychology, Budapest, Hungary Hintalovon Child Rights Foundation, Na, Budapest, HungaryEötvös Loránd University, Department Of Developmental And Clinical Child Psychology, Budapest, Hungary Heim Pál Children’s Hospital, Mental Health Centre, Budapest, Hungary Introduction The involvement of children in decision making processes was shown to have beneficial effects on their cognitive, emotional, and social development. However, no research focused on its association with child’s psychopathology. Objectives Our research aimed to explore the relationships between children’s externalizing and internalizing symptoms and their involvement in decision making in a dimensional approach. Methods A community sample of 318 parents (64.2% mothers, mean age: 39.48 years SD=5.82) filled out an online questionnaire including the Decision-Making Involvement Scale (DMIS) assessing the parent’s and child’s behaviour in decision-making processes and the Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ). Linear regression analyses were conducted for exploring multivariate associations of DMIS Parent and Child subscales with child’s psychopathology and prosocial behaviour, controlling for child’s gender and age. Results With SDQ Internalizing problems subscale as dependent, linear regression analysis did not result in a significant model. In a significant model explaining 21.2% of the variance of the dependent variable, SDQ Externalizing problems score were significantly related to child’s age and gender, and to both Child and Parent subscales of the DMIS. When choosing SDQ Prosocial behaviour subscale as dependent, child’s gender and DMIS Child subscale were significantly associated to the dependent variables, accounting for 12.2% of the variance. Conclusions Our results suggest that children’s involvement in decisions may be related to less externalizing symptoms and higher levels of prosocial skills. However, longitudinal research is needed to uncover the direction of the relationship and underlying mechanisms. Disclosure No significant relationships. https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0924933822018090/type/journal_articledecision-making externalizing and internalizing symptomschild and youthparticipation |
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| title_short | Children’s externalizing and internalizing symptoms and their involvement in decision-making |
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