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Lau, Eva Yi Hung – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2019
Parental response, physical coercion and warmth and their relationships with childhood aggression were assessed with 277 children (142 boys; M age = 56.5 months, SD = 10.93 months) in Hong Kong. Results indicated that both fathers and mothers reported significantly more intervention strategies in response to hypothetical vignettes of physical…
Descriptors: Parenting Styles, Parent Child Relationship, Aggression, Parent Attitudes
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Davies, Patrick T.; Sturge-Apple, Melissa L.; Woitach, Meredith J.; Cummings, E. Mark – Developmental Psychology, 2009
Toward advancing conceptualizations of the spillover hypothesis, this study examined the conditions and mechanisms underlying the transmission of distress from the interparental relationship to parenting difficulties over a 2-year period in a sample of 233 mothers (M = 35.0 years) and fathers (M = 36.8 years) of kindergarten children. Findings…
Descriptors: Security (Psychology), Mothers, Structural Equation Models, Conflict
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Cummings, E. Mark; Keller, Peggy S.; Davies, Patrick T. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2005
Background: Research has focused on maternal dysphoria and child adjustment. However, family process models indicate gaps in the study of paternal dysphoria, broader family functioning, and diverse child outcomes. Method: A community sample of 235 mothers and fathers of kindergarten children completed measures of depressive symptoms, family…
Descriptors: Marital Instability, Child Rearing, Parent Child Relationship, Kindergarten