An Initial Evaluation of the Role of Emotion and Impulsivity in Explaining Racial/Ethnic Differences in the Use of Corporal Punishment

Autor/inn/en	Lorber, Michael F.; O'Leary, Susan G.; Slep, Amy M. Smith
Titel	An Initial Evaluation of the Role of Emotion and Impulsivity in Explaining Racial/Ethnic Differences in the Use of Corporal Punishment
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 47 (2011) 6, S.1744-1749 (6 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/a0025344
Schlagwörter	Conceptual Tempo; Ethnicity; Questionnaires; Racial Differences; Punishment; Psychological Patterns; Whites; Correlation; Hispanic Americans; Prediction; Parenting Styles; Parent Child Relationship; Young Children; Mothers; Fathers; Comparative Analysis; Conflict; Task Analysis; Emotional Response; Role + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ethnizität; Fragebogen; Rassenunterschied; Bestrafung; White; Weißer; Korrelation; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; Vorhersage; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Frühe Kindheit; Mother; Mutter; Konflikt; Aufgabenanalyse; Emotionales Verhalten; Rollen
Abstract	The authors sought to provide an initial evaluation of the hypothesis that corporal punishment is less strongly associated with parental emotion and impulsivity among African American ("Black") in contrast to European American ("White") parents. White-Latino and Black-Latino differences in corporal punishment, emotion, and impulsivity were explored, given the lack of existing theory predicting group differences. Couples with 3- to 7-year-old children were recruited via random digit dialing, and the parents completed questionnaires and an analog parent-child conflict task in the laboratory. Group differences were tested pooling mothers and fathers via dyadic data analyses. Black parents (N = 57) had more positive attitudes toward and used more corporal punishment than White parents (N = 730). Latino American parents' (N = 78) views and use of corporal punishment were similar to those of White parents. By and large, associations of corporal punishment with parents' impulsivity and emotion did not significantly vary by race/ethnicity. The present findings, although preliminary, do not support the emotion-impulsivity hypothesis of racial differences in the use of corporal punishment suggested by K. Deater-Deckard, K. A. Dodge, J. E. Bates, and G. S. Pettit (1996). (Contains 4 tables.) (As Provided).
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