Does Endorsement of Physical Discipline Matter? Assessing Moderating Influences on the Maternal and Child Psychological Correlates of Physical Discipline in African American Families

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 165-175

  McLoyd, Vonnie C ^a   Kaplan, Rachel ^a   Hardaway, Cecily R ^a   Wood, Dana ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Author keywords

African American family; child depressive symptoms; child rearing beliefs; maternal psychological distress; physical discipline

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD REARING; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEGRO; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PUNISHMENT; SOCIALIZATION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CHILD REARING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PUNISHMENT; SOCIALIZATION; STATISTICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548386718     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0893-3200.21.2.165     Document Type: Article

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