Citation

Uslucan HH. Prax. Kinderpsychol. Kinderpsychiatr. 2009; 58(4): 278-296.

Vernacular Title

Gewalterfahrungen, Erziehung im Elternhaus und Wohlbefinden bei deutschen und

Affiliation

Helmut-Schmidt-Universität Hamburg. uslucan@hsu-hh.de

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, Verlag Fur Medizinische Psychologie)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

19485096

Abstract

This intercultural comparative study tries to identify the influences of domestic violence and parenting styles on juvenile violence and the well-being of juveniles. To this end, 304 German and 214 Turkish pupils in Berlin at the age of 13 to 16 completed a standardized questionnaire in their schools. The results show that Turkish juveniles report more harsh parenting styles than their German age-mates, but by controlling statistically the educational background of the parents, these differences disappear. Nevertheless, as a stable finding, we can hold that Turkish parents demand from their children a more cultural appropriate and disciplined behavior. Furthermore, regarding the rates of juvenile violence, the main differences are seen in violence-legitimating attitudes and witnessing parental violence in the Turkish group. Lastly, in the relations between parenting styles and violence, there seems to be no culturally different patterns, but more differences in the intensity of disadvantaging consequences of punishing and harsh parenting on the well-being of juveniles.

Language: de