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Parenting practices as mediating variables between parents’ psychopathology and oppositional defiant disorder in preschoolers

2014; Cologio Oficial de Psicólogos del Principado; Volume: 4; Issue: 26 Linguagem: Inglês

10.7334/psicothema2014.102

0214-9915

Esther Trepat, Roser Granero, Lourdes Ezpeleta,

Family and Disability Support Research

Oppositional defi ant disorder (ODD) is very frequent in preschoolers, the prevalence of this disorder being in the range 6.6% to 13.4% (Bufferd, Dougherty, & Carlson, 2011;Ezpeleta, de la Osa, & Doménech, 2014), with no sex differences being found as regards its prevalence in this age group.The severity and variety of conditions comorbid with ODD (Maughan, Rowe, Messer, Goodman, & Meltzer, 2004), its persistence over time (Copeland, Shanahan, Costello, & Angold, 2009) and the longterm negative outcomes associated with it (delinquency, substance abuse, etc.) (Silver, Measelle, Armstrong, & Essex, 2010) make the understanding and prevention of this disorder a high priority.Previous studies have shown that the clinical condition of ODD in boys and in girls presents differences in symptomatology, severity, associated impairment and comorbidity (Trepat & Ezpeleta, 2011), which must all be taken into account in investigation of this disorder.ODD is understood to result from the interaction of the child's individual characteristics (e.g., a temperament characterized by negative emotionality) and the characteristics of the context.Contextual risk factors for ODD have been related to parental psychopathology, marital discord, disorganized families and parenting style characterized by practices such as corporal punishment and inconsistent discipline.