Ethnic differences in the link between physical discipline and later adolescent externalizing behaviors

Abstract

Background-Parents' use of physical discipline has generated controversy related to concerns that its use is associated with adjustment problems such as aggression and delinquency in children. However, recent evidence suggests that there are ethnic differences in associations between physical discipline and children's adjustment. This study examined race as a moderator of the link between physical discipline and adolescent externalizing behavior problems, extending previous research beyond childhood into adolescence and considering physical discipline at multiple points in time.

Parenting Dimensions and Styles: A Brief History and Recommendations for Future Research

“…46,47 These findings appear to hold true across ethnicity and social class, with one exception-several studies of lowincome African-American parents have not found negative effects associated with authoritarian parenting. 48,49 Baumrind, as noted above, did not include the 16 AfricanAmerican families in her sample when defining her prototypes because they showed different patterns than the rest of her families. In fact, in her study, authoritarian African-American parents had girls who were the most assertive and independent.…”

The Effects of Parenting Styles on Behavioral Problems in Primary School Children: A Cross-Cultural Review

“…In total, 21 studies met the criteria (Ali & Frederickson, 2011;Alizadeh, Abu Talib, Abdullah, & Mansor, 2011;Aunola & Nurmi, 2005;Azimi, Vaziri, & Kashani, 2012;Barber, Olsen, & Shagle, 1994;Berkien, Louwerse, Verhulst, & van der Ende, 2012;Braza et al, 2013;Chen, Dong, & Zhou, 1997;Deater-Deckard et al, 1996;Fletcher, Walls, Cook, Madison, & Bridges, 2008;Goraya & Sabah, 2013;Ho et al, 2008;Kaufmann et al, 2000;Lansford, Deater-Deckard, Dodge, Bates, & Pettit, 2004;Lau, Litrownik, Newton, Black, & Everson, 2006;McKee et al, 2007;Pereira, Canavarro, Cardoso, & Mendonc, 2009;Raboteg-Šarić et al, 2001;Scott, Doolan, Beckett, Harry, & Cartwright, 2010;Stevens et al, 2007;Yang, Kuo, Wang, & Yang, 2014). Table 1 provides an overview of these studies.…”

“…Normality of the data was reported in the study of Aunola and Nurmi, (2005) and Braza et al, 2013). Missing data were reported in 5 studies (Deater-Deckard et al, 1996;Lansford, Deater-Deckard, Dodge, Bates, & Pettit, 2004;Ho et al, 2008;McKee et al, 2007;Yang et al, 2014).…”

“…For example, two North American studies (Deater-Deckard et al, 1996;Lansford et al, 2004) revealed differences in the impact of physical discipline between different ethnic groups (European-American versus African-American). For example, Lansford et al (2004) reported that the relationship between physical discipline and high level of mothers-reported externalising behaviour problems was significant among European-American children only.…”

Mental Health and Health Risk Behaviors of Multicultural Adolescents according to Their Mothers’ Native Country: Using Data from the 11th (2015) Korea Youth Risk Behavior Web-Based Survey 2015

“…Family functioning and parenting factors have been found to vary between ethnic minority and majority groups, with ethnic minorities showing a greater risk of, amongst others, poor family functioning [5], parenting stress [6] and harsh parenting [7,8]. These differences can partly be explained by socioeconomic status [9].…”