Orchestrating and Directing Domestic Potential through Communication: Toward a Positive Reframing of “Discipline”

Socha, Thomas J.

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“…Understanding what accounts for this link has important implications for informing possible interventions. For example, if physical discipline is a marker for larger problems in mother-child interactional dynamics (Socha, 2006), such as failure to follow the child's lead outside of discipline situations, then the intervention would be to teach mothers to follow their child's lead. If physical discipline results from mothers' misinterpretations of children's behaviors, then the intervention would be to work on cognitive reframing with mothers.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…An additional direction for future research suggested by Socha (2006) is that the concept of “discipline” could be reframed in at least two ways. First, drawing on the concept of orchestrating family interactions in a way that maximizes the potential for positive communication, “discipline” could be reframed in a more positive and proactive way.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Socha (2006) points out that communication scholars are relative newcomers to the study of parents' discipline of children but that a communication framework holds much potential for bringing a fresh perspective to understanding parents' discipline strategies. To accomplish the overarching goal of socializing children to be well-functioning members of their respective societies, parents use communication in many ways, including to provide information, offer comfort, and mold children's behavior (Socha, 2006).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…To accomplish the overarching goal of socializing children to be well-functioning members of their respective societies, parents use communication in many ways, including to provide information, offer comfort, and mold children's behavior (Socha, 2006). Discipline represents one of the primary mechanisms through which parents try to influence or persuade their children (Wilson & Morgan, 2004).…”

Section: Change Over Time In Parents' Discipline Strategiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Trajectories of Mothers' Discipline Strategies and Interparental Conflict: Interrelated Change during Middle Childhood

Lansford

Staples

Bates

et al. 2013

Journal of Family Communication

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Using data collected annually when children were in kindergarten through 3rd grade (N = 478), this study investigated changes in mothers' use of nonharsh, harsh verbal, and physical discipline; changes in interparental conflict; and associations between changes in discipline and interparental conflict. Controlling for potential confounds, physical discipline decreased over the course of middle childhood, whereas harsh verbal and nonharsh discipline remained stable. Increases in interparental conflict were associated with increases in physical discipline; decreases in interparental conflict were associated with decreases in physical discipline. Change in interparental conflict was unrelated to change in harsh verbal or nonharsh discipline, although more frequent interparental conflict was associated with more frequen10t use of all three types of discipline in 1st grade. Findings extend previous research on how two major forms of communication within families—conflict between parents and parents' attempts to influence their children through discipline—change across middle childhood.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%