Parenting Journal · Volume 2 · Issue 4 · Licensed source edition
Navigating the Emotional Challenges of Grade School: The Influence of Early Family Strains and a Lack of Parental Responsiveness on Trajectories of Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms
Originally published 2026-03-01 · Family Process
Wiley · DOI 10.1111/famp.70101 ↗
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How does a child's temperament enter a study of responsive parenting and emotional difficulties?
The study examines family strain, parental responsiveness and negative affect together, rather than assigning symptoms to a single family behavior.
Who was studied?
Children and families studied across the transition through grade school
Age / stage: Grade-school years
Read with three questions
- How does a child's temperament enter a study of responsive parenting and emotional difficulties?
- What was measured at each observation, and what other influences might account for the link?
- Which features of the study population (children and families studied across the transition through grade school) would matter when applying the findings in another setting?
Keep the limits in view
Temperament, family strains and responsive parenting may covary across grade school. The longitudinal associations do not isolate a parenting strategy that would change a particular child's symptoms.
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Marla Lopez; Rebecca L Brock; Tiffany D James; Jennifer Mize Nelson; Kimberly Andrews Espy; Timothy D Nelson (2026). Navigating the Emotional Challenges of Grade School: The Influence of Early Family Strains and a Lack of Parental Responsiveness on Trajectories of Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms Family Process. https://doi.org/10.1111/famp.70101
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