Factors Associated with Good and Harsh Parenting of Pre-Adolescents and Adolescents in Southern Africa

This working paper presents findings from the analyses of two different observational studies of caregiver-pre-adolescent (4-13 years, referred to as the 'pre-adolescent study') and caregiver-adolescent (10-17 years, referred to as the 'adolescent study') dyads. Regression and st...

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Published inIDEAS Working Paper Series from RePEc
Main Authors Meinck, Franziska, De Stone, Sachin, Sherr, Lorraine, Cluver, Lucie, Doubt, Jenny, Orkin, Frederick Mark, Kuo, Caroline, Sharma, Amogh, Hensels, Imca, Skeen, Sarah, Redfern, Alice, Tomlinson, Mark, UN
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LanguageEnglish
Published St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 01.01.2016
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Caregivers
Teenagers
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Summary:This working paper presents findings from the analyses of two different observational studies of caregiver-pre-adolescent (4-13 years, referred to as the 'pre-adolescent study') and caregiver-adolescent (10-17 years, referred to as the 'adolescent study') dyads. Regression and structural equation modelling techniques are used to identify practices constituting good and harsh parenting, factors associated with these parenting behaviours and child and adolescent outcomes. Good parenting in pre-adolescents was associated with fewer educational risks and behavioural problems as well as increased self-esteem, mediated by child trauma and depression. In adolescents, family disadvantage (poverty, AIDS-ill caregiver and caregiver disability) were found to be associated with an increase in harsh parenting and poor caregiver mental health, both of which were associated with increased adolescent health risks.