Preadolescent appraisal and coping are significant predictors of youth psychopathology.
However, little research examines how parenting behaviors relate to the development of
these skills by forming a key context in which children learn to manage stressors. This study
examined how observed maternal and paternal behaviors derived from a parent-child
interaction task relate to levels of and growth in child appraisal (threat, positive) and coping
(active, avoidant) across three years in preadolescence (n= 214, ages 8–12 years old at …