Single Parenting and Child Behavior Problems in Kindergarten.
Single Parenting and Child Behavior Problems in Kindergarten.
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单亲育儿和幼儿园儿童行为问题。
DOI:
10.1007/s12552-010-9026-y
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发表时间:
2010
影响因子:
3.1
通讯作者:
Franke,ToddM
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作者:
Jackson,AuroraP;Preston,KathleenSJ;Franke,ToddM
Two waves of data from a sample of 89 poor and near-poor single black mothers and their preschool children were used to study the influences of parenting stress, physical discipline practices, and nonresident fathers’ relations with their children on behavior problems in kindergarten. The results indicate that higher levels of parent stress, more frequent spanking, and less frequent father–child contact at time 1 were associated with increased teacher-reported behavior problems at time 2. In addition, more frequent contact between nonresident biological fathers and their children moderated the negative effect of harsh discipline by mothers on subsequent child behavior problems. Specifically, when contact with the father was low, maternal spanking resulted in elevated levels of behavior problems; with average contact, this negative effect of spanking was muted; and with high contact, spanking was not associated with increased behavior problems in kindergarten. The implications of these findings for future research and policy are discussed.