Relationship between parenting style and emotional behavior problems in children with development dyslexia
Objective To explore the relationship between parenting style and emotional behavior problems in children with de-velopment dyslexia(DD),so as to provide reference for family support and intervention measures.Methods From June to Septem-ber 2023,201 children in DD group and typically developing matched by age and sex were selected from the students in grades 3-6 of 4 primary schools in a district of Xinjiang by random cluster sampling method.The Children's Version of the Parenting Style Scale and the Strength and Difficulty Scale were administered,and the occurrence of children's emotional behavior problems and pa-rentingstyles in the two groups were compared by Chi-square test and Wicoxon rank sum test.The correlation between parents'par-enting styles and children's emotional behavior problems was analyzed by generalized linear regression.Results The detection rates of emotional behavior problems were 45.77%in DD group and 15.42%in normal control children group.The differences in paren-ting styles between fathers and mothers of the DD group and the normal control group were statistically significant in terms of emo-tional warmth,parenting anxiety,and overprotection(Z=4.02,29.03;4.94,26.32;23.47,5.30,P<0.05).Generalized linear regression analysis showed that father affective warmth was positively correlated with emotional symptoms,hyperactivity,peer inter-action problems and prosocial behaviors(β=0.08,0.05,0.05,0.09,P<0.05).The emotional warmth of mothers in DD group was negatively correlated with emotional symptoms,conduct problems,hyperactivity and peer interaction problems(β=-0.18,-0.08,-0.07,-0.08,P<0.05).Conclusions Parenting style is an important factor affecting the emotional behavior problems of DD chil-dren.Improving parenting style can reduce the occurrence of emotional behavior problems of DD children.