Childhood Experience, Conceptions of Parenting, and Attitudes of Spouse as Determinants of Parental Behavior

Simons, Ronald L.; Beaman, Jay; Conger, Rand D.; Wei, Chao

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“…Different studies have shown that parents who experienced abusive behaviour in childhood apply harsher methods discipline as adults (8,(24)(25)(26)(27). The present study showed that this tendency applies in Turkey, those abused in childhood are more likely to become abusive parents themselves.…”

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Child Maltreatment in Turkey: Comparison of Parent and Child Reports

Sofuoğlu¹,

Sarıyer²,

Ataman³

2016

Cent Eur J Public Health

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SUMMARYBackground and Aim: Child maltreatment, i.e. abuse and neglect, is a significant problem worldwide and can cause impaired physical and mental health throughout life. The true extent still remains unknown in all countries, including Turkey. The aim of this study was to apply the two versions of the International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (ISPCAN) Child Abuse Screening Tool of ICAST-C and ICAST-P, which are used to assess child and parent feedback and to compare reports given by children and those given by parents. This is the first study of its kind conducted in Turkey.Methods: First, ICAST was translated into Turkish by bilingual experts. Students and their parents were asked to complete ICAST-C and ICAST-P respectively, with the help of trained researchers. In total, data from 2,608 matched reports (2,608 children and 2,608 parents) was obtained. Descriptive statistics were used to evaluate demographical variables, and chi-square tests were employed to investigate the statistical significance of comparisons.Results: The present study demonstrated that Turkish parents consider rebukes, insults and corporal punishment effective ways of disciplining children. According to parents' reports, the use of psychological abuse was most prevalent against boys aged 16, while the use of physical abuse was most prevalent against boys aged 13. A statistically significant relationship was found between parents' economic conditions and child abuse (p < 0.01). No significant relationship was detected between maternal educational levels and child abuse (p > 0.05). However, the relationship between paternal educational background and psychological abuse was observed to be significant (p < 0.05). A comparison of children's and parents' reports shows that parents tended to under-report child maltreatment.Conclusions: The results show that there is a significant healthcare problem in Turkey, since child maltreatment is prevalent, but parents are not generally aware of its extent. Possible approaches to changing this situation include efforts to increase education levels, promoting public awareness, and strengthening political commitments.

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“…Past research has provided evidence that children experiencing abusive parenting are more likely to become abusive parents themselves (24)(25)(26)(27). Parental cognitions are also considered as significant aetiological factors in CAN (28,29).…”

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Child Maltreatment in Turkey: Comparison of Parent and Child Reports

Sofuoğlu¹,

Sarıyer²,

Ataman³

2016

Cent Eur J Public Health

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“…Clearly, Baumrind's (1971) original typology of parenting styles has stood the test of time, with increasing evidence to support the important role of parenting style in children's present and future socialization. There is general agreement that there are multiple determinants of parenting styles (Belsky, 1990): marital satisfaction, parental beliefs about discipline, history of abuse as a child, grandparents' parenting practices, parents' mental health, level of support from the spouse, and the family's socioeconomic status (SES; Luster, Rhoades, & Haas, 1989;Simons, Beaman, Conger, & Chao, 1993).…”

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Parenting Among Hispanic and Anglo-American Mothers With Young Children

Cardona

Nicholson

Fox

2000

The Journal of Social Psychology

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“…However, because partner influences were the focus of the present study, we examined only the direct effects of these risk features on men's poor parenting. Additionally, fathers' parenting may be more sensitive to the opinions and behaviors of partners compared to mothers' parenting (e.g., Simons, Beaman, Conger, & Chao, 1993). Simons et al (1990) reported that mothers' beliefs about the impact of parenting were associated with fathers' parenting behaviors, whereas his beliefs did not relate to her parenting.…”

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Intergenerational and Partner Influences on Fathers’ Negative Discipline

Capaldi

Pears

Kerr

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J Abnorm Child Psychol

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Recent studies have found significant but relatively modest associations in parenting across generations, suggesting additional influences on parenting than experience in the family of origin. The present prospective, cross-generational study of at-risk men (Oregon Youth Study) focuses on fathers' negative discipline practices with their 2-to 3-year-old children. The theoretical model is based on a dynamic developmental systems approach to problematic family functioning, which points to the importance of developmental systems, including family risk context and key influential social interactional systems, and emphasizes influence that is directly pertinent to the outcome of interest. Path modeling indicated that the men's poor and harsh discipline practices were predicted by partners' problem behavior (substance use and antisocial behavior) and negative discipline practices, as well as by poor discipline experienced in the family of origin, men's own problem behavior, ages at which they became fathers, and family socioeconomic status were controlled. Findings indicate the importance of focusing on influence dynamics across parents.Keywords three generations; discipline; mothers; fathers; dynamic developmental systems It has long been assumed that many of the parenting behaviors we employ with our children were learned from our own parents (Caspi & Elder, 1988). Until recently, however, most evidence regarding this association came from retrospective studies (Covell, Grusec, & King, 1995;Olsen, Martin, & Halverson, 1999) or from studies in which one agent reported on more than one generation (e.g., Chassin, Presson, Todd, Rose, & Sherman, 1998;Chen & Kaplan, 2001). A number of recent studies using long-term prospective data sets with multiagent, multimethod designs have found significant associations between the parenting experienced as a child and the parenting practices later employed in the family of procreation. Notably, however, these associations have been relatively modest (Belsky, Jaffee, Sligo, Woodward, & Silva, 2005;Capaldi, Pears, Patterson, & Owen, 2003;Conger, Neppl, Kim, & Scaramella, 2003;Hops, Davis, Leve, & Sheeber, 2003;Smith & Farrington, 2004; Thornberry, FreemanGallant, Lizotte, Krohn, & Smith, 2003).The fact that the intergenerational association for parenting is limited when subjected to rigorous testing indicates that there are influences on parenting in addition to experiences in the family of origin. The availability of prospective intergenerational data allows for the opportunity to identify factors that influence early adults' parenting over and above the behavior modeled by their parents. The present study builds on a prior study (Capaldi et al., 2003) examining intergenerational continuity in parenting for an at-risk sample of young men (the Oregon Youth Study, OYS) by testing a theory-driven model of factors that may influence Corresponding author: Deborah M. Capaldi, Oregon Social Learning Center, 10 Shelton McMurphey Blvd., Eugene, OR 97401-4928, Phone: 541-485-2711, Fax...

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Childhood Experience, Conceptions of Parenting, and Attitudes of Spouse as Determinants of Parental Behavior

Cited by 132 publications

References 37 publications

Child Maltreatment in Turkey: Comparison of Parent and Child Reports

Child Maltreatment in Turkey: Comparison of Parent and Child Reports

Parenting Among Hispanic and Anglo-American Mothers With Young Children

Intergenerational and Partner Influences on Fathers’ Negative Discipline

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