Mothers' spanking of 3-year-old children and subsequent risk of children's aggressive behavior
Taylor, Catherine; Manganello, Jennifer; Lee, Shawna; Rice, Janet
2010
Citation
Taylor, C A, Manganello, J A, Lee, S J, & Rice, J. (2010). Mothers' spanking of 3-year-old children and subsequent risk of children's aggressive behavior. Pediatrics, 125(5), e1057-e1065. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/106169>
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The goal was to examine the association between the use of corporal punishment (CP) against 3-year-old children and subsequent aggressive behavior among those children. METHODS: Respondents (N 2461) participated in the Fragile Families and Child Well-being Study (1998 –2005), a population-based, birth cohort study of children born in 20 large US cities. Maternal reports of CP, children’s aggressive behaviors at 3 and 5 years of age, and a host of key demographic features and potential confounding factors, including maternal child physical maltreatment, psychological maltreatment, and neglect, intimate partner aggression victimization, stress, depression, substance use, and consideration of abortion, were assessed. RESULTS: Frequent use of CP (ie, mother’s use of spanking more than twice in the previous month) when the child was 3 years of age was associated with increased risk for higher levels of child aggression when the child was 5 years of age (adjusted odds ratio: 1.49 [95% confidence interval: 1.2–1.8]; P .0001), even with controlling for the child’s level of aggression at age 3 and the aforementioned potential confounding factors and key demographic features. CONCLUSIONS: Despite American Academy of Pediatrics recommendations to the contrary, most parents in the United States approve of and have used CP as a form of child discipline. The current findings suggest that even minor forms of CP, such as spanking, increase risk for increased child aggressive behavior. Importantly, these findings cannot be attributed to possible confounding effects of a host of other maternal parenting risk factors.Other DOIs
Subjects
Corporal Punishment, Child Discipline, Spank, Childhood Aggression, Child Aggressive Behavior, Physical Discipline, Fragile Families, Mother-child Relationship, Child Behavior Checklist, Child Maltreatment
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