Date of Award:

5-2016

Document Type:

Dissertation

Degree Name:

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Department:

Psychology

Committee Chair(s)

Melanie M. Domenech Rodríguez

Committee

Melanie M. Domenech Rodríguez

Committee

Gretchen Gimpel Peacock

Committee

Donna Gilbertson

Committee

Renee V. Galliher

Committee

Eduardo Ortiz

Abstract

Behavioral parenting interventions are widely implemented to address externalizing behaviors in children. The majority of these types of interventions address the relationship between the parents and their children in order provide a strong foundation, from which to implement discipline, and subsequently modify problem behaviors.

The objective of this study was to examine the ability of ratios and intervals of parental behaviors, to predict levels of externalizing behaviors in children. Due to the increasing number of Latinos in the U.S. as well as the need to have culturally informed interventions, the current study examined exclusively Latino families. This study provided further information regarding the types of behaviors that Latino parents engage in with their children. This information is beneficial to parenting interventions by helping to inform their further development and use with Latino populations.

The results of the study revealed nonsignificant results in the ability of intervals and or ratios of parental behaviors to predict externalizing behaviors in children. The
nonsignificant results may be due to a need to account for other variables in order to accurately predict child externalizing behaviors. Other variables of interest might include: social skills, relationships with other adults, parent-child closeness, and child interpretations of parent behaviors.

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