Corporal punishment, maternal warmth, and child adjustment: a longitudinal study in eight countries.
Corporal punishment, maternal warmth, and child adjustment: a longitudinal study in eight countries.
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体罚、母亲温暖和儿童适应：八个国家的纵向研究。
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10.1080/15374416.2014.893518
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2014
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Di Giunta L
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Lansford JE;Sharma C;Malone PS;Woodlief D;Dodge KA;Oburu P;Pastorelli C;Skinner AT;Sorbring E;Tapanya S;Tirado LM;Zelli A;Al-Hassan SM;Alampay LP;Bacchini D;Bombi AS;Bornstein MH;Chang L;Deater-Deckard K;Di Giunta L
跨文化父母面临的两个关键任务是管理孩子的行为（和不良行为）和传达爱和感情。先前的研究发现，体罚通常与更差的儿童适应有关，而父母的温暖与更好的儿童适应有关。本研究探讨了体罚和儿童适应问题（焦虑和侵略）之间的关联是否是缓和的母亲温暖在不同的国家，不同的社会人口和心理方式。对来自8个国家的7- 10岁儿童（N = 1，196; 51%为女孩）及其母亲进行了访谈：中国、哥伦比亚、意大利、约旦、肯尼亚、菲律宾、泰国和美国。一年和两年后进行了后续访谈。随着时间的推移，体罚与儿童的焦虑和攻击性增加有关，母亲的温暖与减少有关;然而，这些协会在各组之间有所不同。在一些国家，母亲的温暖减轻了体罚的影响，随着时间的推移，母亲在温暖和体罚方面都很高的儿童的焦虑感会增加。研究结果说明了体罚与儿童焦虑和攻击性之间的总体关联，以及特定国家的具体模式。结果表明，各国的临床医生应该建议父母不要使用体罚，即使是在父母与孩子的关系，否则温暖的背景下，并应协助父母找到其他方法来管理儿童的行为。
Two key tasks facing parents across cultures are managing children’s behaviors (and misbehaviors) and conveying love and affection. Previous research has found that corporal punishment generally is related to worse child adjustment, whereas parental warmth is related to better child adjustment. This study examined whether the association between corporal punishment and child adjustment problems (anxiety and aggression) is moderated by maternal warmth in a diverse set of countries that vary in a number of sociodemographic and psychological ways. Interviews were conducted with 7- to 10-year-old children (N = 1,196; 51% girls) and their mothers in eight countries: China, Colombia, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States. Follow-up interviews were conducted one and two years later. Corporal punishment was related to increases, and maternal warmth was related to decreases, in children’s anxiety and aggression over time; however, these associations varied somewhat across groups. Maternal warmth moderated the effect of corporal punishment in some countries, with increases in anxiety over time for children whose mothers were high in both warmth and corporal punishment. The findings illustrate the overall association between corporal punishment and child anxiety and aggression as well as patterns specific to particular countries. Results suggest that clinicians across countries should advise parents against using corporal punishment, even in the context of parent-child relationships that are otherwise warm, and should assist parents in finding other ways to manage children’s behaviors.