Hugs, not hits: Warmth and spanking as predictors of child social competence
dc.contributor.author | Altschul, Inna | |
dc.contributor.author | Lee, Shawna | |
dc.contributor.author | Gershoff, Elizabeth | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-06-04T01:40:50Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-06-04T01:40:50Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Altschul, I., Lee, S.J., & Gershoff, E.T. (2016). Hugs, not hits: Warmth and spanking as predictors of child social competence. Journal of Marriage and Family, 78, 695-714. DOI: 10.1111/jomf.12306 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/120572 | |
dc.description.abstract | Many parents believe that spanking is an effective way to promote children's positive behavior, yet few studies have examined spanking and the development of social competence. Using information from 3,279 families with young children who participated in a longitudinal study of urban families, this study tested competing hypotheses regarding whether maternal spanking or maternal warmth predicted increased social competence and decreased child aggression over time and which parent behavior was a stronger predictor of these changes. The frequency of maternal spanking was unrelated to maternal warmth. Findings from cross-lagged path models indicated that spanking was not associated with children's social competence, but spanking predicted increases in child aggression. Conversely, maternal warmth predicted children's greater social competence but was not associated with aggression. Warmth was a significantly stronger predictor of children's social competence than spanking, suggesting that warmth may be a more effective way to promote children's social competence than spanking. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.subject | antisocial behavior | en_US |
dc.subject | aggression | en_US |
dc.subject | child discipline | en_US |
dc.subject | child guidance | en_US |
dc.subject | early childhood | en_US |
dc.subject | Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing | en_US |
dc.subject | mother–child relations | en_US |
dc.title | Hugs, not hits: Warmth and spanking as predictors of child social competence | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Social Sciences (General) | |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Social Sciences | |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationumcampus | Ann Arbor | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/120572/1/2016 Altschul Lee Gershoff JMF.pdf | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/jomf.12306 | |
dc.identifier.source | Journal of Marriage and Family | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Institute for Social Research (ISR) |
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