Journal
JOURNAL OF FAMILY PSYCHOLOGY
Volume 30, Issue 8, Pages 887-895Publisher
AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC
DOI: 10.1037/fam0000187
Keywords
corporal punishment; externalizing behavior; moderation; observed behavior; parenting
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Funding
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development [HD064687]
- National Institute of Mental Health [MH00567, MH19734, MH43270, MH59355, MH62989, MH48165, MH051361]
- National Institute on Drug Abuse [DA05347]
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development [HD027724, HD051746, HD047573]
- Bureau of Maternal and Child Health [MCJ-109572]
- MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Successful Adolescent Development Among Youth in High-Risk Settings
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This study investigated whether corporal punishment when the child was 2 years old predicted child externalizing behaviors a year later, and whether or not this association was moderated by parents' observed behavior toward their child. Data came from 218 couples and their firstborn child. The frequency of fathers' corporal punishment when the child was 2 years old predicted child externalizing behaviors a year later, while controlling for initial levels of child externalizing behaviors. Also, observed positive and harsh parenting moderated the relationship between corporal punishment and child externalizing behaviors. These results highlight the importance of continuing to examine the effects of a commonly used form of discipline (i.e., corporal punishment) and the parental climate in which it is used.
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