Physical discipline and behavior problems in African American, European American, and Hispanic children: Emotional support as a moderator
Physical discipline and behavior problems in African American, European American, and Hispanic children: Emotional support as a moderator
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1741-3737.2002.00040.x
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发表时间：
2002-02-01
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6
通讯作者：
Smith, J
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作者：
McLoyd, VC;Smith, J
这项研究收集了1039名欧洲裔美国儿童、550名非洲裔美国儿童和401名西班牙裔美国儿童的6年样本数据，评估了母亲对孩子的情感支持是否会缓和打屁股和行为问题之间的关系。在使用的四波数据（1988年、1990年、1992年、1994年）的第一波中，儿童的年龄为4-5岁。在每一波中，母亲们都报告了她们打屁股的情况，并对孩子的行为问题进行了评分。母亲对孩子的情感支持基于访谈者的观察，这是家庭环境测量观察的一部分。在控制收入需求比和母亲情感支持的情况下，对这三个种族群体中的每一个来说，打屁股预示着问题行为水平随着时间的推移而增加。母亲的情感支持缓和了打屁股和问题行为之间的联系。随着时间的推移，在情感支持水平低的情况下，打屁股与行为问题的增加有关，但在情感支持水平高的情况下，打屁股与行为问题的增加有关。这一模式适用于所有三个种族。
Using data collected over a 6-year period on a sample of 1, 039 European American children, 550 African American children, and 401 Hispanic children from the children of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, this study assessed whether maternal emotional support of the child moderates the relation between spanking and behavior problems. Children were 4-5 years of age in the first of 4 waves of data used (1988, 1990, 1992, 1994). At each wave, mothers reported their use of spanking and rated their children's behavior problems. Maternal emotional support of the child was based on interviewer observations conducted as part of the Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment. For each of the 3 racial-ethnic groups, spanking predicted an increase in the level of problem behavior over time, controlling for income-needs ratio and maternal emotional support. Maternal emotional support moderated the link between spanking and problem behavior. Spanking was associated with an increase in behavior problems over time in the context of low levels of emotional support, but not in the context of high levels of emotional support. This pattern held for all 3 racial-ethnic groups.