TY - JOUR
T1 - Physical discipline and children's adjustment
T2 - Cultural normativeness as a moderator
AU - Lansford, Jennifer E.
AU - Dodge, Kenneth A.
AU - Malone, Patrick S.
AU - Bacchini, Dario
AU - Zelli, Arnaldo
AU - Chaudhary, Nandita
AU - Manke, Beth
AU - Chang, Lei
AU - Oburu, Paul
AU - Palmérus, Kerstin
AU - Pastorelli, Concetta
AU - Bombi, Anna Silvia
AU - Tapanya, Sombat
AU - Deater-Deckard, Kirby
AU - Quinn, Naomi
PY - 2005/11
Y1 - 2005/11
N2 - 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.
AB - 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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U2 - 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2005.00847.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2005.00847.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 16274437
AN - SCOPUS:28144463575
SN - 0009-3920
VL - 76
SP - 1234
EP - 1246
JO - Child development
JF - Child development
IS - 6
ER -