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Positive communication moderates the relationship between corporal punishment and child depressive symptoms
Author(s) -
Wimsatt Amber R.,
Fite Paula J.,
Grassetti Stevie N.,
Rathert Jamie L.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
child and adolescent mental health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.912
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1475-3588
pISSN - 1475-357X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-3588.2012.00682.x
Subject(s) - corporal punishment , depressive symptoms , psychology , punishment (psychology) , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , longitudinal study , psychiatry , medicine , social psychology , anxiety , pathology
Background Findings are few and mixed regarding the moderating influence that supportive parenting might have on the link between corporal punishment and child depressive symptoms. Method A multiple regression model was estimated to examine proposed relationships in a 1‐year longitudinal community‐recruited sample of 89 children (56% male; 9–12 years). Results High levels of corporal punishment in tandem with high levels of supportive communication were associated with the highest levels of depressive symptoms. Conclusions Although supportive parenting behaviors have been shown to be beneficial for child outcomes, when considering a stress‐process framework, simultaneous experiences of harsh and positive parenting may yield more negative outcomes.