title: Corporal punishment and externalizing behaviors in toddlers: The moderating role of positive and harsh parenting.
abstract: This study investigated whether corporal punishment when the child was 2 years old predicted child externalizing behaviors a year later, and whether or not this association was moderated by parents' observed behavior toward their child. Data came from 218 couples and their firstborn child. The frequency of fathers' corporal punishment when the child was 2 years old predicted child externalizing behaviors a year later, while controlling for initial levels of child externalizing behaviors. Also, observed positive and harsh parenting moderated the relationship between corporal punishment and child externalizing behaviors. These results highlight the importance of continuing to examine the effects of a commonly used form of discipline (i.e., corporal punishment) and the parental climate in which it is used. (PsycINFO Database Record
authors: Department of Family Studies and Human Services, Kansas State University.
authors: Marcos
authors: M
authors: Mendez
authors: Department of Family Studies and Human Services, Kansas State University.
authors: Jared
authors: J
authors: Durtschi
authors: Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Iowa State University.
authors: Tricia K
authors: TK
authors: Neppl
authors: Department of Family Studies and Human Services, Kansas State University.
authors: Sandra M
authors: SM
authors: Stith
mesh_terms: D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D002668:Child Rearing; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005219:Father-Child Relations; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology; D011678:Punishment / Q000523:psychology*; D012307:Risk Factors