The role of harsh parenting practices in early‐ to middle‐childhood socioemotional development: An examination in the Millennium Cohort Study

Abstract

role of harsh parenting practices in early-to middlechildhood socioemotional development: An examination in the Millennium Cohort Study', Child Development.

Mediating Factors in Within-Person Developmental Cascades of Externalising, Internalising and ADHD Symptoms in Childhood

“…In particular, parental involvement was associated with increases in externalising problems whereas harsh parenting was associated with decreases in internalising problems. Prior research has suggested that coercive family processes are associated with an escalation of both internalising and externalising difficulties (Patterson, 2002;Speyer et al, 2022), whereas our findings using parent-reported data on internalising and externalising problems suggested the opposite effect. Considering that we did not observe the same associations in the teacher-reported model, one reason for these findings may be that parents using harsh parenting techniques may be less perceptive of their child's internalising difficulties and thus underreport their emotional problems, whereas parents who are very involved in their children's lives may overreport instances of externalising behaviours as they are very attuned to their child's behaviour.…”

“…Two parental factors that may be particularly relevant in mediating developmental cascades are harsh parenting and parental involvement. Many studies have suggested that harsh parenting practices lead to increased behavioural problems (for a review, see Gershoff, 2002;Pinquart, 2017a) with research further pointing to internalising problems as an outcome of the coercive parent-child interaction cycle proposed by Patterson (Dallaire et al, 2010;Pinquart, 2017b;Speyer et al, 2022). Other research has further suggested that parental involvement may be relevant in the development of both externalising and internalising problems (Aboobaker et al, 2019;Hawes et al, 2013;Kirkhaug et al, 2013).…”

Mediating Factors in Within-Person Developmental Cascades of Externalising, Internalising and ADHD Symptoms in Childhood

“…In particular, parental involvement was associated with increases in externalising problems whereas harsh parenting was associated with decreases in internalising problems. Prior research has suggested that coercive family processes are associated with an escalation of both internalising and externalising difficulties (Patterson, 2002;Speyer et al, 2022), whereas our findings using parent-reported data on internalising and externalising problems suggested the opposite effect. Considering that we did not observe the same associations in the teacher-reported model, one reason for these findings be that parents using harsh parenting techniques may be less perceptive of their child's internalising difficulties and thus underreport their emotional problems, whereas parents who are very involved in their children's lives may overreport instances of externalising behaviours as they are very attuned to their child's behaviour.…”

An emotion‐focused extension of coercion theory: Emerging evidence and conceptualizations for parental experienced emotion as a mechanism of reinforcement in coercive parent–child interactions

“…As this cycle continues, the frequency and intensity of these behaviors increase significantly as parents and children are reinforced for their coercive responses. These coercive parent-child interactions have been documented in numerous studies during infancy, toddlerhood, preschool, and the early school years (e.g., Martin, 1981;Shaw et al, 1994Shaw et al, , 1998Slep et al, 2018;Smith et al, 2014;Speyer et al, 2022).…”