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Physical discipline and children's adjustment: cultural normativeness as a moderator.

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Lansford, JE; Chang, L; Dodge, KA; Malone, PS; Oburu, P; Palmérus, K; Bacchini, D; Pastorelli, C; Bombi, AS; Zelli, A; Tapanya, S; Manke, B ...
Published in: Child development
November 2005

Interviews were conducted with 336 mother-child dyads (children's ages ranged from 6 to 17 years; mothers' ages ranged from 20 to 59 years) in China, India, Italy, Kenya, the Philippines, and Thailand to examine whether normativeness of physical discipline moderates the link between mothers' use of physical discipline and children's adjustment. Multilevel regression analyses revealed that physical discipline was less strongly associated with adverse child outcomes in conditions of greater perceived normativeness, but physical discipline was also associated with more adverse outcomes regardless of its perceived normativeness. Countries with the lowest use of physical discipline showed the strongest association between mothers' use and children's behavior problems, but in all countries higher use of physical discipline was associated with more aggression and anxiety.

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Child development

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EISSN

1467-8624

ISSN

0009-3920

Publication Date

November 2005

Volume

76

Issue

6

Start / End Page

1234 / 1246

Related Subject Headings

  • Social Control, Formal
  • Social Adjustment
  • Punishment
  • Mother-Child Relations
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Developmental & Child Psychology
  • Culture
 

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Lansford, J. E., Chang, L., Dodge, K. A., Malone, P. S., Oburu, P., Palmérus, K., … Quinn, N. (2005). Physical discipline and children's adjustment: cultural normativeness as a moderator. Child Development, 76(6), 1234–1246. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8624.2005.00847.x
Lansford, Jennifer E., Lei Chang, Kenneth A. Dodge, Patrick S. Malone, Paul Oburu, Kerstin Palmérus, Dario Bacchini, et al. “Physical discipline and children's adjustment: cultural normativeness as a moderator.Child Development 76, no. 6 (November 2005): 1234–46. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8624.2005.00847.x.
Lansford JE, Chang L, Dodge KA, Malone PS, Oburu P, Palmérus K, et al. Physical discipline and children's adjustment: cultural normativeness as a moderator. Child development. 2005 Nov;76(6):1234–46.
Lansford, Jennifer E., et al. “Physical discipline and children's adjustment: cultural normativeness as a moderator.Child Development, vol. 76, no. 6, Nov. 2005, pp. 1234–46. Epmc, doi:10.1111/j.1467-8624.2005.00847.x.
Lansford JE, Chang L, Dodge KA, Malone PS, Oburu P, Palmérus K, Bacchini D, Pastorelli C, Bombi AS, Zelli A, Tapanya S, Chaudhary N, Deater-Deckard K, Manke B, Quinn N. Physical discipline and children's adjustment: cultural normativeness as a moderator. Child development. 2005 Nov;76(6):1234–1246.
Journal cover image

Published In

Child development

DOI

EISSN

1467-8624

ISSN

0009-3920

Publication Date

November 2005

Volume

76

Issue

6

Start / End Page

1234 / 1246

Related Subject Headings

  • Social Control, Formal
  • Social Adjustment
  • Punishment
  • Mother-Child Relations
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Developmental & Child Psychology
  • Culture