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Physical Discipline and Children's Adjustment: Cultural Normativeness as a Moderator
Author(s) -
Lansford Jennifer E.,
Chang Lei,
Dodge Kenneth A.,
Malone Patrick S.,
Oburu Paul,
Palmérus Kerstin,
Bacchini Dario,
Pastorelli Concetta,
Bombi Anna Silvia,
Zelli Arnaldo,
Tapanya Sombat,
Chaudhary Nandita,
DeaterDeckard Kirby,
Manke Beth,
Quinn Naomi
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
child development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.103
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1467-8624
pISSN - 0009-3920
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2005.00847.x
Subject(s) - moderation , psychology , child discipline , developmental psychology , aggression , multilevel model , anxiety , human factors and ergonomics , china , spanking , poison control , injury prevention , social psychology , medicine , environmental health , psychiatry , machine learning , computer science , political science , law
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.