1) Little is known about the relationship between a child’s intelligence and parental stress. Few studies in the USA and Japan have shown that parents of children with a low intelligence score or a...Show more1) Little is known about the relationship between a child’s intelligence and parental stress. Few studies in the USA and Japan have shown that parents of children with a low intelligence score or a high intelligence experience more stress raising their children than parents of children with an average intelligence. 2) The goal of this study is to investigate the relationship between the child’s intelligence and parental stress. This relationship is corrected for by the child’s behavioural problems. 3) The sample in this study consisted of 107 children with either their father of mother, who lived in the Netherlands. They filled in self reports (NOSI(K), CBCL/6-18) and the child’s intelligence was tested (PPVT-III-NL). 4) The relationship between child’s intelligence and parental stress was found to be not significant in this study. The relationship remained insignificant when corrected for problem behaviour of the child. 5) A possible explanation for these results is the higher than average intelligence of the children in this sample. Further arguments may be expectations of Dutch parents for their children, which might differ from expectations of American and Japanese parents.Show less
