Parental discipline and externalizing behavior problems in early childhood: The roles of moral regulation and child gender
Parental discipline and externalizing behavior problems in early childhood: The roles of moral regulation and child gender
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DOI：
10.1023/b:jacp.0000030291.72775.96
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发表时间：
2004-08-01
影响因子：
3.6
通讯作者：
Sameroff, AJ
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作者：
Kerr, DCR;Lopez, NL;Sameroff, AJ
我们在 238 名 3.5 岁儿童中测试了早期良知的一个组成部分的个体差异是否介导了父母管教与外化行为问题之间的关系。家长对纪律实践和儿童道德规范做出了评估。对儿童行为克制的观察补充了父母的报告。家长和老师报告了孩子的外化症状。父母的引导、热情的回应和较少使用体罚通常与较高水平的道德调节和较少的外化问题有关。此外，道德调节部分地调节了纪律和外化症状之间的关系，最明显的调节案例涉及归纳。然而，只发现了男孩的关系。结果支持中介模型，其中归纳和体罚可能通过影响良心来影响男孩外化行为的表达。最后，结果表明，不同的发育过程可能与男孩和女孩的早期外化问题有关，并证实父亲的报告有助于我们理解儿童外化问题的根源。
We tested whether individual differences in a component of early conscience mediated relations between parental discipline and externalizing behavior problems in 238 3.5-year-olds. Parents contributed assessments of discipline practices and child moral regulation. Observations of children's behavioral restraint supplemented parental reports. Parents and teachers reported on child externalizing symptoms. Parental induction, warm responsiveness, and less frequent use of physical punishment generally were associated with higher levels of moral regulation and fewer externalizing problems. Moreover, moral regulation partially mediated relationships between discipline and externalizing symptoms, with the clearest case of mediation involving induction. However, relationships were found for boys only. Results support a mediation model wherein inductive and physical discipline may influence the expression of boys' externalizing behavior through effects on conscience. Finally, results suggest that different developmental processes may be associated with early externalizing problems in boys and girls, and confirm that fathers' reports contribute to our understanding of the origins of child externalizing problems.