Relationship between parenting measures and parents and child psychopathological symptoms: a cross-sectional study

Table 6 Focus on the significant mediating effect of parenting style: Affirmation

Effect	β coefficient (Bootstrap percentile CI)	SE	z	P
Direct
Int-Mother ➔ Ext-Child	0.130 (−0.002; 0.256)	0.066	1.823	0.068
Component
Int-Mother ➔ Affirmation	−0.195 (− 0.069; − 0.008)	0.015	−2.394	0.017
Affirmation ➔ Ext-Child	−0.247 (−1.771; − 0.660)	0.287	−4.260	< .001
Total
Direct + Indirect	0.155 (0.004; 0.286)	0.072	2.008	0.045

Direct effect, specific indirect effect and total effect of maternal internalizing psychopathology on children’s externalizing psychopathology through Affirmation (parenting style). Covariates: gender, SES, children’s age and parent’s age
SES Socio-Economic Status, Int: Internalizing, Ext Externalizing, CI confidence interval, SE Standard Error, z Goodman Test value, p probability value

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