Citation

Schenck-Fontaine A, Lansford JE, Skinner AT, Deater-Deckard K, Di Giunta L, Dodge KA, Oburu P, Pastorelli C, Sorbring E, Steinberg L, Malone PS, Tapanya S, Uribe Tirado LM, Alampay LP, Al-Hassan SM, Bacchini D, Bornstein MH, Chang L. Child Dev. 2018; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Affiliation

University of Macau.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/cdev.13151

PMID

30273981

Abstract

This study investigated the association between perceived material deprivation, children's behavior problems, and parents' disciplinary practices. The sample included 1,418 8- to 12-year-old children and their parents in China, Colombia, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, the Philippines, Sweden, Thailand, and the United States. Multilevel mixed- and fixed-effects regression models found that, even when income remained stable, perceived material deprivation was associated with children's externalizing behavior problems and parents' psychological aggression. Parents' disciplinary practices mediated a small share of the association between perceived material deprivation and children's behavior problems. There were no differences in these associations between mothers and fathers or between high- and low- and middle-income countries. These results suggest that material deprivation likely influences children's outcomes at any income level.

© 2018 Society for Research in Child Development.

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