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Table 4 Associations between primary caregiver’s parenting style scores and child mental health outcomes (N = 1,459)

From: Parenting style and child mental health at preschool age: evidence from rural China

 

Total difficulties score

Internalizing problems score

Externalizing problems score

Prosocial behaviors score

Scores of authoritative parenting style

-0.95***

-0.34*

-0.61***

0.95**

(0.23)

(0.14)

(0.14)

(0.09)

Scores of authoritarian parenting style

2.33***

1.16***

1.17***

-0.20*

(0.23)

(0.14)

(0.14)

(0.10)

Controls

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Cluster

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

County fixed effects

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Tester fixed effects

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  1. Note. Each cell is a separate regression. Controls include child age, child gender, whether child has siblings, whether child attends preschool, whether child is cognitively delayed, whether child is left-behind (defined as both parents migrate), whether primary caregiver is mother, caregiver’s age, whether caregiver has obtained at least 9 years schooling, and the household asset index
  2. *p <.05 **p <.01 *** p <.001
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BMC Psychiatry

ISSN: 1471-244X

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