Ethnic differences in the link between physical discipline and later adolescent externalizing behaviors
Ethnic differences in the link between physical discipline and later adolescent externalizing behaviors
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1469-7610.2004.00273.x
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发表时间：
2004-05-01
影响因子：
7.6
通讯作者：
Pettit, GS
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作者：
Lansford, JE;Deater-Deckard, K;Pettit, GS
背景资料：父母使用体罚引起了争议，人们担心体罚的使用与儿童的侵略和犯罪等适应问题有关。然而，最近的证据表明，有种族差异之间的关联物理纪律和儿童的调整。本研究探讨了种族作为一个主持人的身体纪律和青少年外化行为问题之间的联系，将以前的研究从儿童期扩展到青春期，并考虑在多个时间点的身体纪律。方法：从幼儿园前（5岁）到11年级（16岁）的585名儿童的代表性社区样本进行了跟踪调查。母亲们报告说，她们在孩子出生后的头五年以及在六年级（11岁）和八年级（13岁）使用体罚。母亲和青少年报告了11年级的各种外化行为，包括侵略，暴力，在学校和警察的麻烦。结果如下：一系列分层线性回归控制了父母的婚姻状况，社会经济状况，和儿童气质揭示了在儿童生命的前五年期间的身体纪律和种族之间的显着相互作用，在预测7个青少年外部化结果评估中的3个中，以及在预测所有7个青少年外部化结果中，6年级和8年级期间的身体纪律和种族之间的显着相互作用。成果。回归斜率表明，在每个时间点的物理纪律的经验是相关的，随后的外化行为的欧洲裔美国青少年，但较低的外化行为的非洲裔美国青少年的水平较高。结论：体育锻炼对外化行为问题的长期影响存在种族差异。不同的生态位可能会影响父母使用物理纪律的方式，儿童对物理纪律经验的意义，以及它对儿童和青少年适应的影响。
Background: Parents' use of physical discipline has generated controversy related to concerns that its use is associated with adjustment problems such as aggression and delinquency in children. However, recent evidence suggests that there are ethnic differences in associations between physical discipline and children's adjustment. This study examined race as a moderator of the link between physical discipline and adolescent externalizing behavior problems, extending previous research beyond childhood into adolescence and considering physical discipline at multiple points in time. Methods: A representative community sample of 585 children was followed from pre-kindergarten (age 5) through grade 11 (age 16). Mothers reported on their use of physical discipline in the child's first five years of life and again during grades 6 (age 11) and 8 (age 13). Mothers and adolescents reported on a variety of externalizing behaviors in grade 11 including aggression, violence, and trouble at school and with the police. Results: A series of hierarchical linear regressions controlling for parents' marital status, socioeconomic status, and child temperament revealed significant interactions between physical discipline during the child's first five years of life and race in the prediction of 3 of the 7 adolescent externalizing outcomes assessed and significant interactions between physical discipline during grades 6 and 8 and race in the prediction of all 7 adolescent externalizing outcomes. Regression slopes showed that the experience of physical discipline at each time point was related to higher levels of subsequent externalizing behaviors for European American adolescents but lower levels of externalizing behaviors for African American adolescents. Conclusions: There are race differences in long-term effects of physical discipline on externalizing behaviors problems. Different ecological niches may affect the manner in which parents use physical discipline, the meaning that children attach to the experience of physical discipline, and its effects on the adjustment of children and adolescents.