OBJECTIVE: This study examined maternal warmth as a moderator of the relation between harsh discipline practices and adolescent externalizing problems 1year later in low-income, Mexican American families. DESIGN: Participants were 189 adolescents and their mothers who comprised the control group of a longitudinal intervention program. RESULTS: Maternal warmth protected adolescents from the negative effects of harsh discipline such that, at higher levels of maternal warmth, there was no relation between harsh discipline and externalizing problems after controlling for baseline levels of externalizing problems and other covariates. At lower levels of maternal warmth, there was a positive relation between harsh discipline practices and later externalizing problems. CONCLUSIONS: To understand the role of harsh discipline in the development of Mexican American youth outcomes, researchers must consider contextual variables that may affect youths' perceptions of their parents' behavior such as maternal warmth.
OBJECTIVE: This study examined maternal warmth as a moderator of the relation between harsh discipline practices and adolescent externalizing problems 1year later in low-income, Mexican American families. DESIGN:Participants were 189 adolescents and their mothers who comprised the control group of a longitudinal intervention program. RESULTS: Maternal warmth protected adolescents from the negative effects of harsh discipline such that, at higher levels of maternal warmth, there was no relation between harsh discipline and externalizing problems after controlling for baseline levels of externalizing problems and other covariates. At lower levels of maternal warmth, there was a positive relation between harsh discipline practices and later externalizing problems. CONCLUSIONS: To understand the role of harsh discipline in the development of Mexican American youth outcomes, researchers must consider contextual variables that may affect youths' perceptions of their parents' behavior such as maternal warmth.
Authors: Jennifer E Lansford; Lei Chang; Kenneth A Dodge; Patrick S Malone; Paul Oburu; Kerstin Palmérus; Dario Bacchini; Concetta Pastorelli; Anna Silvia Bombi; Arnaldo Zelli; Sombat Tapanya; Nandita Chaudhary; Kirby Deater-Deckard; Beth Manke; Naomi Quinn Journal: Child Dev Date: 2005 Nov-Dec
Authors: Liane Peña Alampay; Jennifer Godwin; Jennifer E Lansford; Anna Silvia Bombi; Marc H Bornstein; Lei Chang; Kirby Deater-Deckard; Laura Di Giunta; Kenneth A Dodge; Patrick S Malone; Paul Oburu; Concetta Pastorelli; Ann T Skinner; Emma Sorbring; Sombat Tapanya; Liliana M Uribe Tirado; Arnaldo Zelli; Suha Al-Hassan; Dario Bacchini Journal: Int J Behav Dev Date: 2017-06-09
Authors: Jennifer E Lansford; Chinmayi Sharma; Patrick S Malone; Darren Woodlief; Kenneth A Dodge; Paul Oburu; Concetta Pastorelli; Ann T Skinner; Emma Sorbring; Sombat Tapanya; Liliana Maria Uribe Tirado; Arnaldo Zelli; Suha M Al-Hassan; Liane Peña Alampay; Dario Bacchini; Anna Silvia Bombi; Marc H Bornstein; Lei Chang; Kirby Deater-Deckard; Laura Di Giunta Journal: J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol Date: 2014-06-02