Citation

Wang M, Liu L. Child Dev. 2018; 89(1): 174-187.

Affiliation

Shandong Normal University.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/cdev.12724

PMID

28146336

Abstract

This research examined the overtime reciprocal relations between maternal and paternal harsh discipline and children's externalizing behavior. Seven hundred two father-mother dyads of children (6-9 years of age at baseline) completed measures of parental harsh discipline and children's externalizing behavior at five time points, 1 year apart. Autoregressive latent trajectory models revealed that maternal and paternal corporal punishment predicted subsequent children's externalizing behavior (parent-driven effects), whereas children's externalizing behavior predicted subsequent maternal and paternal psychological aggression (child-driven effects). The parent-driven effects became stronger, whereas the child-driven effects were equally strong across time. Furthermore, the parent-driven effects for corporal punishment were found for both boys and girls, whereas the child-driven effects for psychological aggression were found only for boys.

© 2017 The Authors. Child Development © 2017 Society for Research in Child Development, Inc.

Language: en