Parenting Style as a Moderator of Associations Between Maternal Disciplinary Strategies and Child Well-Being

Abstract

Abstract:The authors investigate whether parental use of punitive discipline and yielding to coercion varies in levels and associated child outcomes for mothers with different parenting styles. Participants were fourth-grade children (N = 370) and their mothers. Maternal parenting style was determined based on levels of responsiveness and demandingness. Authoritative mothers used less punitive discipline than indifferent mothers. Authoritative and authoritarian mothers engaged in less yielding to coercion than indifferent or indulgent mothers. More punitive discipline and yielding to coercion were associated with lower academic grades and more punitive discipline was associated with more social problems, with these effects not moderated by parenting style. Negative effects of yielding to coercion in terms of internalizing, externalizing, and social problems were observed only within authoritarian families. Greater use of punitive discipline was associated with more externalizing problems within the indulgent and authoritarian parenting style groups and more internalizing problems within the authoritarian group.

Corporal Punishment as a Parental Practice and Anxiety in Pre-adolescent Children

“…These may suggest that elevated parental punishment practices may not negatively affect children's anxiety, in the context of an authoritative educational climate (i.e., constant parental demandingness while providing warmth and support). This conclusion is generally consistent with a number of recent studies which found variations of the moderating, or protective, effect of parental quality in relation to adverse effects of severe parental punishment on children's emotional development (Taillieu & Brownridge, 2013;Ma et al, 2012;Simons et al, 2013;Harper et al, 2006;Fletcher, Walls, Cook, Madison, & Bridges, 2008). Accounting for broader educational contexts may affect the professional and empirical discourse regarding the efficacy of the use of punishment in children's education and also on the need to integrate it in educational intervention programs for children with special educational needs.…”

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

“…However, Lau et al (2006) found that physical discipline was equally prevalent among both racial groups. Fletcher et al (2008) also found that punitive disciplinary methods were positively and significantly associated with externalising behaviours and social problems. Moreover, a study by McKee et al (2007) demonstrated positive associations between harsh verbal and physical discipline by mothers and fathers and both internalising and externalising problems among children.…”

“…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.…”

“…The Child Rearing Practices Report (CRPR) was used in three studies (Aunola & Nurmi, 2005;Chen et al, 1997;Kaufmann et al, 2000). The Children's Report of Parenting Behaviours Inventory (CRPBI) was used in two studies (Barber et al, 1994;Fletcher et al, 2008). The remaining 16 studies used a variety of parenting style questionnaires (See Table 1).…”

Parental Acceptance and Academic Achievement of Tribal and Non-Tribal Children of Bangladesh

“…A way of reflection between parent and child relationships is parenting and it is a complex activity that includes many specific attitudes and behaviors that work separately and collectively to influence child outcomes and generate an emotional bond in which the parent's behaviors are expressed (Darling & Steinberg, 1993;Darling, 1999). Parenting can be explained in terms of two components such as parental responsiveness and demandingness (Fletcher et al, 2008). Parental demandingness is the extent to which parents set guidelines for their children, and how their discipline based on these guidelines.…”