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APS Virtual Poster Showcase

Parenting and Child Health: How Parenting Quality Influences the Physical and Mental Health Development of Children

Sunday, May 24, 2020 · Virtual

Oral · Developmental

This symposium includes four empirical studies investigating whether (1) parenting quality functions as an intermediary between parental/societal risk factors and children’s health, (2) high quality parenting can interrupt development of burgeoning mental health problems, and (3) child psychological tendencies can explain how parenting quality influences child mental health.

Chairs & Discussants

  • Kalee De FranceChair
    Queen's University
  • Kalee De FranceChair
    Queen's University

Presentations

  1. Quality of Parenting and Education As Mediators between Parents’ Histories of Aggression in Childhood and Young Children’s InjuriesDaniel Dickson, Lisa Serbin, Dale Stack, Jane Ledingham, Alex Schwartzman
  2. Mitigating the Influence of Poverty on Child Health: The Role of Family Cohesion and Maternal SensitivityKalee De France, Gary Evans
  3. The Role of Parenting in the Persistence and Exacerbation of Childhood Behavioral Problems: A Longitudinal and Transitional Perspective Spanning Preschool to Early AdolescenceMarie-Pier Paré-Ruel, Dale Stack, Paul Hastings, Rosemary Mills, Lisa Serbin
  4. The Role of Shame in Understanding the Association between Maternal Rejection and Child AnxietyTom Hollenstein, Alexandra Tighe, Tyler Colasante