TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2006//
TI  - Corporal Punishment and Kids: How Do Parent Support and Gender Influence Child Adjustment?
JO  - Journal of family violence
A1  - Harper, Felicity W. K.
A1  - Brown, Amy M.
A1  - Arias, Ileana
A1  - Brody, Gene
SP  - 197
EP  - 207
VL  - 21
IS  - 3
N2  - Previous research on corporal punishment has failed to consider the interaction of parent support and parent gender in predicting child outcomes. The current study examined whether parental support moderated the effects of corporal punishment on child outcomes (i.e., depression and aggression), and more specifically, whether the gender of the supportive parent moderated the effects of punishment from the opposite-sex parent. Results differed depending on the gender of the punishing and supportive parents, suggesting that parental support can be a protective factor in child outcomes but only under certain conditions. Mother support moderated the effects of father punishment on child depression but not child aggression. High corporal punishment by father was related to more child depression at both high and low levels of mother support. High levels of mother support only seemed important (i.e., children were less depressed) at low levels of father corporal punishment. In contrast, father support moderated the relationship between mother corporal punishment and child aggression but not depression. Children with high father support showed less aggression across all levels of mother corporal punishment. At low levels of father support, child aggression increased as mother corporal punishment increased. For depression, mother corporal punishment was positively related to child depression regardless of level of father support. These findings suggest differential effects for mother and father support and have implications for the treatment and prevention of negative outcomes in children who are physically punished by their parents.<p />
LA  - en
SN  - 0885-7482
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10896-006-9018-2
ID  - ref1
ER  -