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Corporal Punishment, Self-Control, Parenting Style, and School Bullying among Chinese Adolescents: A Conditional Process Analysis
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Liu, Weidi; Qiu, Geping; Zhang, Sheldon X.; Fan, Qi – Journal of School Violence, 2022
Research on generational transmission of violence suggests that parental corporal punishment in Western countries often leads to violent behavior among children. Violence begets violence, to most Western childrearing scholars. However, the socio-cultural context within which corporal punishment is administrated matters and often produces…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Punishment, Discipline, Parent Child Relationship
The Effects of Change in Spousal Power on Intimate Partner Violence among Chinese Immigrants
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Jin, Xiaochun; Keat, Jane E. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2010
This study explored how changes in power relations within couples after immigrating from more patriarchal societies contribute to intimate partner violence (IPV). Both subjective decision-making power and objective power bases were examined in Chinese immigrant couples. Batterers and nonviolent men both experienced loss of decision-making power in…
Descriptors: Spouses, Family Violence, Chinese Americans, Immigrants
Punitive Discipline and Child Behavior Problems in Chinese-American Immigrant Families: The Moderating Effects of Indigenous Child-Rearing Ideologies
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Fung, Joey J.; Lau, Anna S. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2009
In a sample of 107 Chinese immigrant families we examined whether cultural child-rearing beliefs moderated the association between parents' use of punitive discipline and children's behavioral adjustment. Immigrant parents and their children aged 7 to 17 years completed measures of parental discipline and child behavior problems. Parents also…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Discipline, Ideology, Child Behavior
Gender Symmetry, Sexism, and Intimate Partner Violence
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Allen, Christopher T.; Swan, Suzanne C.; Raghavan, Chitra – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2009
This study of a predominantly Hispanic sample of 92 male and 140 female college students examines both gender symmetry in intimate partner violence (IPV) and inconsistent relationships found in previous studies between sexist attitudes and IPV. Results indicate that although comparable numbers of men and women perpetrate and are victimized in…
Descriptors: Females, Interpersonal Relationship, Path Analysis, Gender Bias
Intimate Partner Violence within a Cohort of Pacific Mothers Living in New Zealand
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Paterson, Janis; Feehan, Michael; Butler, Sarnia; Williams, Maynard; Cowley-Malcolm, Esther Tumama – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2007
Maternal reports of intimate partner violence (IPV) were obtained from a cohort of Pacific mothers living in New Zealand. The Conflict Tactics Scale was completed by 1,095 women who had given birth in the past 12 months, and who were married or living with a partner as married. The 12-month prevalence of "victimization" through verbal…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Victims of Crime, Family Income, Incidence
The Prevention of Relationship Distress for Couples at Risk: A Controlled Evaluation with Nine-Month and Two-Year Follows.
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Van Widenfelt, Brigit; And Others – Family Relations, 1996
Describes a preventive intervention that was randomly offered to a group of (n=67) non- to mildly distressed couples who participated in a larger study on relationships. At nine-month follow-up, couples in which one partner experienced parental divorce demonstrated increased problem intensity, decreased problem-solving ability, and rational…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Demography, Divorce, Family Counseling