Community Differences in the Association Between Parenting Practices and Child Conduct Problems

Abstract

ࡗ Community Differences in the Association Between Parenting Practices and Child Conduct ProblemsVarious hypotheses were identified regarding the manner in which community context might influence the association between two dimensions of parenting-control and corporal punishment-on child conduct problems. The authors used hierarchical linear modeling with a sample of 841 African American families to test these hypotheses.

The Effect of Neighborhood Context on the College Aspirations of African American Adolescents

“…This study is based on data from the Family and Community Health Study (FACHS), a multisite investigation of neighborhood and family effects on health and development (Simons, Lin, Gordon, Brody, & Conger, 2002). FACHS was designed to identify neighborhood and family processes that contribute to school-age African American children's development in families living in a wide variety of community settings.…”

Perceived Social Norms, Expectations, and Attitudes toward Corporal Punishment among an Urban Community Sample of Parents

“…A social ecological framework 41 suggests that multiple levels of the social environment are likely to influence parenting and childhood risk. 42 Prior research on social norms and CP has focused on the potential modifying effects of descriptive norms regarding CP 43,44 and perceived neighborhood social cohesion 45 on the link between CP use or harsh parenting and poor outcomes, such as aggression, in children. The present study, however, examines parents' perceived injunctive and descriptive norms regarding CP use as possible predictors of parents' own attitudes toward CP use.…”

Stability and changes in problem behavior during adolescence: multilevel predictors and moderators

“…Much research has been published on the role of the family or parenting in adolescents' problem behaviors (Simons et al, 2002). Of the many parenting variables, parenting styles have been among the most frequently investigated (Aunola & Nurmi, 2005;Simons et al, 2002;Steinberg, 2001;Wood, McLeod, Sigman, Hwang, & Chu, 2003).…”

“…Of the many parenting variables, parenting styles have been among the most frequently investigated (Aunola & Nurmi, 2005;Simons et al, 2002;Steinberg, 2001;Wood, McLeod, Sigman, Hwang, & Chu, 2003). In the dimensional approach to parenting styles, the focus has been on the impact of affection (e.g., responsiveness, involvement, and supportiveness), which refers to parents' connectedness to the child and their interactional warmth (Galambos, Barker, & Almeida, 2003;Wood et al, 2003), and behavioral control (e.g., maturity demands, monitoring, and limit setting), which consists of the regulation of the child's behavior through firm and consistent discipline (Barber, 1996;Galambos, Barker, & Almeida, 2003;Simons et al, 2002). Each of these parenting style dimensions has been shown to be associated with adolescent problem behaviors (Aunola & Nurmi, 2005).…”

“…They cheered me up all the way and that gave me the ambition to complete this work and to reach this goal. (Simons et al, 2002). Cross-level processes refer to the multiplicative effect of communityand family-level factors on adolescents.…”