Associations Between Perceived Material Deprivation, Parents’ Discipline Practices, and Children's Behavior Problems: An International Perspective
Year: 2018
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: This study investigated the association between perceived material deprivation, children's behavior problems, and parents' disciplinary practices. The sample included 1,418 8- to 12-year-old children and their parents in China, Colombia, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, the Philippines, Sweden, Thailand, and the United States. Multilevel mixed- and fixed-effects regression models found that, even when income remained stable, perceived material deprivation was associated with children's externalizing behavior problems and parents' psychological aggression. Parents' disciplinary practices mediated a small share of the association between perceived material deprivation and children's behavior problems. There were no differences in these associations between mothers and fathers or between high- and low- and middle-income countries. These results suggest that material deprivation likely influences children's outcomes at any income level.
Source: Child Development
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.13151
Authors: Anika Schenck-Fontaine, Jennifer E Lansford, Ann T Skinner, Kirby Deater-Deckard, Laura Di Giunta, Kenneth A Dodge, Paul Oburu, Concetta Pastorelli, Emma Sorbring, Laurence Steinberg, Patrick S Malone, Sombat Tapanya, Liliana M Uribe Tirado, Liane P Alampay, Suha M Al-Hassan, Dario Bacchini, Marc H Bornstein, Lei Chang
Institutions: Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories, Duke University, Sapienza University of Rome, Maseno University, University West, Temple University, Chiang Mai University, Universidad de San Buenaventura, Bogota, Ateneo de Manila University, Emirates College for Advanced Education, Hashemite University, University of Naples Federico II, Institute for Fiscal Studies, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, University of Macau
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2895362161