Parenting across cultural contexts in the USA: assessing parenting behaviour in an ethnically and socioeconomically diverse sample

Weis, Robert; Toolis, Erin E.

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“…Awareness of parental characteristics and other risk factors might contribute to the prevention of harsh parenting. Studies carried out in the United States repeatedly indicated ethnic background as a predictor of harsh parenting: African-American mothers, for instance, seem to rely on harsh discipline more frequently than White mothers (Barkin et al, 2007;Regalado et al, 2004;Weis & Toolis, 2008). In line with this, several empirical studies identified maternal determinants of harsh discipline use.…”

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“…Besides, previous etiologic studies often relied on cross-sectional designs or assessed possible determinants of harsh discipline when the child was already a few years old (Barkin et al, 2007;Frias-Armenta & McCloskey, 1998;Gutman & Eccles, 1999;McLearn et al, 2006;Regalado et al, 2004;Weis & Toolis, 2008). Thereby, it could be established to what extent families at risk for harsh discipline might be identified during pregnancy.…”

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Early Determinants of Maternal and Paternal Harsh Discipline: The Generation R Study

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Research described risk factors for maternal use of harsh discipline, but knowledge about determinants of paternal harsh discipline is lacking. This study aimed to identify determinants of harsh discipline and whether this differed between mothers and fathers. Harsh disciplining practices were self‐reported by Dutch parents of 3‐year‐old children. Data were available for 3,756 children and both parents. Younger parental age, non‐Western national origin, family dysfunction, psychopathology, and delinquency history were independently associated with an increased risk of maternal and paternal harsh discipline. Indicators of socioeconomic status (e.g., financial difficulties and educational level) were also associated with harsh discipline, but in mothers only. Our results suggest that preventive interventions should ideally be applied early in children's lives or even before birth, given the prevalence of parental harsh discipline in young children. These interventions should have a special focus on socially disadvantaged families and on parents with psychopathology and family stress.

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“…In addition, authoritarian parenting styles are more common among racial/ethnic minority caregivers (Weis & Toolis, 2010) and thereby may be more central in determining the extent of adolescent treatment engagement compared to families who take more authoritative or permissive approaches to parenting. And finally, racial/ethnic differences in SES have led to differences in neighborhood quality and conditions, meaning that African American and Hispanic communities often lack adequate community-based opportunities and resources, including access to high quality healthcare (Williams, Mohammed, Leavell, & Collins, 2010).…”

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Perceived Need for Treatment and Engagement in Mental Health Services Among Community-Referred Racial/Ethnic Minority Adolescents

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Hogue

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This study examines clinical and family predictors of perceived need for treatment and engagement in mental health treatment services among community-referred racial/ethnic minority adolescents and their primary caregivers. Findings indicated that the majority of families perceived a need for treatment, but that perceived need was not associated with treatment engagement. Family factors (i.e., low cohesion and high conflict within the family) predicted perceived need for treatment among adolescents, whereas clinical factors (i.e., adolescent internalizing and externalizing symptomatology) predicted caregiver perceived need for adolescent treatment. Neither clinical nor family factors predicted treatment engagement.

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“…Several studies suggest that normative parenting practices vary among different socioeconomic levels or ethnic populations (Burchinal, Vernon-Feagans, Cox, & Key Family Life Project Investigators, 2008; Kelley, Power, & Wimbush, 1992; Weis & Toolis, 2010), though not all studies find such differences (e.g., Magnus, Cowen, Wyman, Fagen, & Work, 1999; Querido, Warner, & Eyberg, 2002). In general, these findings seemed to suggest that when families are at greater risk (whether related to ethnic background, socioeconomic disadvantage or neighborhood safety, which are problematically often confounded in American study populations), parent-centered and authoritarian discipline approaches, along with lower warmth, might be more common.…”

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Parenting as a moderator of the effects of cumulative risk on children's social–emotional adjustment and academic readiness

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Klein

Kiff³

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Infant and Child Development

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This study examined whether parenting moderated the association between cumulative risk and preschool children's adjustment problems, social competence and academic readiness. The sample consisted of 306 families representing the full range of income, with 29% at or near poverty and 28% lower income. Cumulative risk and observed maternal parenting behaviors were assessed when the children were 36-40 months, and teachers rated outcomes at 63-68 months. Greater cumulative risk was more strongly related to higher adjustment problems when scaffolding was low, and unrelated when it was high, suggesting a protective effect. Consistent limit setting was associated with higher academic readiness regardless of risk level, and at low levels of risk it was associated with the highest levels of social competence. A pattern potentially indicating differential effectiveness emerged for warmth, such that at lower levels of risk, higher warmth was associated with better outcomes, but at higher levels of risk, it was associated with higher levels of problems and poorer social competence and academic readiness. Results suggest that buffering effects of particular parenting behaviors, both alone and in combination, may be context-specific.

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Parenting across cultural contexts in the USA: assessing parenting behaviour in an ethnically and socioeconomically diverse sample

Cited by 42 publications

References 34 publications

Early Determinants of Maternal and Paternal Harsh Discipline: The Generation R Study

Early Determinants of Maternal and Paternal Harsh Discipline: The Generation R Study

Perceived Need for Treatment and Engagement in Mental Health Services Among Community-Referred Racial/Ethnic Minority Adolescents

Parenting as a moderator of the effects of cumulative risk on children's social–emotional adjustment and academic readiness

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