TY - JOUR
T1 - The intergenerational transmission of physical punishment
T2 - Differing mechanisms in mothers' and fathers' endorsement?
AU - Lunkenheimer, Erika S.
AU - Kittler, Jennifer E.
AU - Olson, Sheryl L.
AU - Kleinberg, Felicia
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgments This research was supported by Grant MH57489 from the National Institute of Mental Health. We would like to thank the parents, children, teachers, and staff involved with the Michigan Longitudinal Study as well as the National Institute of Mental Health for making this study possible. We would also like to thank Kristen Ann Piangozza for her diligent work in supporting this project
PY - 2006/11
Y1 - 2006/11
N2 - We examined the intergenerational transmission of physical punishment (PP) and whether marital satisfaction moderated this transmission. Participants were 241 mothers and 107 fathers with a three year-old child who completed a semi-structured interview assessing their endorsement of disciplinary methods and the methods their parents used to discipline them. Marital satisfaction was assessed using the Conflicts and Problem Solving Scales. Different predictive models were obtained for mothers and fathers. For mothers, socioeconomic status (SES) and their own mother's use of PP significantly predicted their current endorsement of PP. For fathers, SES and perceived harshness of childhood discipline predicted current endorsement of PP. Marital satisfaction moderated the intergenerational transmission of PP for fathers, but not mothers. Results indicated that PP by the same-sex parent and SES are important factors in its intergenerational transmission, and that the effects of childhood PP on current endorsement may be more direct for mothers and indirect for fathers.
AB - We examined the intergenerational transmission of physical punishment (PP) and whether marital satisfaction moderated this transmission. Participants were 241 mothers and 107 fathers with a three year-old child who completed a semi-structured interview assessing their endorsement of disciplinary methods and the methods their parents used to discipline them. Marital satisfaction was assessed using the Conflicts and Problem Solving Scales. Different predictive models were obtained for mothers and fathers. For mothers, socioeconomic status (SES) and their own mother's use of PP significantly predicted their current endorsement of PP. For fathers, SES and perceived harshness of childhood discipline predicted current endorsement of PP. Marital satisfaction moderated the intergenerational transmission of PP for fathers, but not mothers. Results indicated that PP by the same-sex parent and SES are important factors in its intergenerational transmission, and that the effects of childhood PP on current endorsement may be more direct for mothers and indirect for fathers.
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U2 - 10.1007/s10896-006-9050-2
DO - 10.1007/s10896-006-9050-2
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33845677623
SN - 1053-0509
VL - 21
SP - 509
EP - 519
JO - Journal of Fluorescence
JF - Journal of Fluorescence
IS - 8
ER -