Longitudinal links between spanking and children's externalizing behaviors in a national sample of White, Black, Hispanic, and Asian American families.
Child Dev
; 83(3): 838-43, 2012.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-22304526
ABSTRACT
This study examined whether the longitudinal links between mothers' use of spanking and children's externalizing behaviors are moderated by family race/ethnicity, as would be predicted by cultural normativeness theory, once mean differences in frequency of use are controlled. A nationally representative sample of White, Black, Hispanic, and Asian American families (n = 11,044) was used to test a cross-lagged path model from 5 to 8 years old. While race/ethnic differences were observed in the frequency of spanking, no differences were found in the associations of spanking and externalizing over time Early spanking predicted increases in children's externalizing while early child externalizing elicited more spanking over time across all race/ethnic groups.
Full text:
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Collection:
01-internacional
Health context:
1_ASSA2030
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Punishment
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Child Behavior
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Racial Groups
Type of study:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Aspects:
Equity_inequality
Limits:
Child
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Humans
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Male
Language:
En
Journal:
Child Dev
Year:
2012
Document type:
Article