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Hispanic fathers and risk for maltreatment in father-involved families of young children
(2011)
The Hispanic population is the fastest growing segment of U.S. population. However, risks for child maltreatment in the foreign-born and native-born Hispanic populations are largely understudied. To address this knowledge ...
Wait until your father gets home? Mother's and fathers’ spanking and development of child aggression
(Elsevier, 2015)
This study examined whether fathers’ and mothers’ spanking contributed to development of child aggression in the first 5 years of life. We selected parents (N =1,298) who were married or cohabiting across all waves of data ...
Spanking of young children: Do immigrant and U.S. born Hispanic parents differ?
(Sage, 2015)
Building on prior research showing fewer parenting risk behaviors and lower levels of harsh punishment among less acculturated Hispanic parents, we tested the hypothesis that foreign-born (FB; immigrant) Hispanic parents ...
Does warmth moderate longitudinal associations between maternal spanking and child aggression in early childhood?
(2013)
This study examines whether maternal warmth moderates the association between maternal use of spanking and increased child aggression between ages 1 and 5. Participants were 3,279 pairs of mothers and their children from ...
Parental spanking and subsequent risk for child aggression in father-involved families of young children
(2013)
This study examined separate and combined maternal and paternal use of spanking with children at age 3 and children's subsequent aggressive behavior at age 5. The sample was derived from a birth cohort study and included ...
Hugs, not hits: Warmth and spanking as predictors of child social competence
(2016)
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 ...
Direct and mediated effects of nativity and other indicators of acculturation on Hispanic mothers’ use of physical aggression
(2011)
This study used data from 845 foreign-born (n ¼ 328) and native-U.S. born (n ¼ 517) Hispanic mothers who participated in the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study (FFCWS) to examine four indicators of acculturation—nativity, ...