Positive Parenting, Conduct Problems, and Callous-Unemotional Traits

................................................................................................... Introduction................................................................................................ A Brief Summary of Research on Developmental Pathways to Conduct Problems... Parenting Practices and the Etiology of Serious Conduct Problems..................... Differences in the Role of Positive and Negative Parenting.............................. Variations in the Assessment of Positive Parenting........................................ Parenting and Age of the Sample............................................................. Parenting Influences on Callous-Unemotional Traits versus Parenting Influences on Conduct Problems for Youth with Callous-Unemotional Traits...................... Statement of the Problem....................................................................... Study Hypotheses............................................................................... Method................................................................................................... Participants....................................................................................... Measures – Outcomes........................................................................... Measures – Parenting........................................................................... Procedures....................................................................................... Results...................................................................................................... Preliminary Analyses........................................................................... Hypothesis 1: Negative Parenting and Conduct Problems................................. Hypothesis 2: Positive Parenting and Conduct Problems.................................. Hypothesis 3: The Association between Parenting and CU Traits........................ Discussion................................................................................................. Limitations....................................................................................... Implications...................................................................................... References................................................................................................. Table 1..................................................................................................... Table 2..................................................................................................... Table 3..................................................................................................... Table 4....................................................................................................... Figure 1.................................................................................................... Figure 2.................................................................................................... Appendix A: IRB Approval Letter..................................................................... Vita......................................................................................................... iii 1 2 3 5 6 10 12 14 16 18 18 18 20 23 25 25 25 26 27 29 33 34 36 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50