Does Warmth Moderate Longitudinal Associations between Maternal Spanking and Child Aggression in Early Childhood?

• Published in: Developmental psychology Vol. 49; no. 11; pp. 2017 - 2028
• Main Authors: Lee, Shawna J, Altschul, Inna, Gershoff, Elizabeth T
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Psychological Association 01.11.2013
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Affective Behavior; Age Factors; Aggression; Aggression - psychology; At Risk Persons; Child; Child Behavior; Child Behavior Checklist; Child Behavior Disorders - etiology; Child Behavior Disorders - psychology; Child Rearing - psychology; Child, Preschool; Correlation; Depression - psychology; Discipline; Drinking; Emotional Response; Female; Home Observation for Measurement of Environment; Humans; Individual Characteristics; Interviews; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Middle Aged; Mother-Child Relations; Parent Child Relationship; Parenting Stress Index; Parenting Styles; Predictor Variables; Punishment; Risk Factors; Socioeconomic Influences; Statistics as Topic; Stress, Psychological - psychology; Urban Areas; Young Adult; Young Children

This study examines whether maternal warmth moderates the association between maternal use of spanking and increased child aggression between ages 1 and 5. Participants were 3,279 pairs of mothers and their children from a cohort study of urban families from 20 U.S. cities. Maternal spanking was ass...