title: Negative emotionality and discipline as long-term predictors of behavioral outcomes in African American and European American children.
abstract: The present study examined the early parenting and temperament determinants of children's antisocial and positive behaviors in a low-income, diverse ethno-racial sample. Participants were from the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project, which included 960 European American (initial M age = 15.00 months; 51.2% female) and 880 African American mothers and their children (initial M age = 15.10 months; 49.2% female) followed from 15 months of age to 5th grade. For European American children, findings showed direct and indirect effects (via self-regulation) of early negative emotionality on later behaviors. For African American children, discipline practices in infancy had direct long-term implications for behaviors in 5th grade. Discussion highlights the interplay of parenting, temperament, and culture from infancy to late childhood. (PsycINFO Database Record
authors.affiliation: Department of Human Development and Family Science.
authors.forename: Cara
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Streit
authors.affiliation: Department of Human Development and Family Science.
authors.forename: Gustavo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Carlo
authors.affiliation: Department of Human Development and Family Science.
authors.forename: Jean M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Ispa
authors.affiliation: Department of Human Development and Family Science.
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Palermo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000523:psychology*; D004644:Emotions / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000523:psychology; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D009034:Mother-Child Relations / Q000523:psychology*; D011203:Poverty / Q000523:psychology; D000068356:Self-Control / Q000523:psychology; D013694:Temperament; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology*