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Detachment from Parents, Problem Behaviors, and the Moderating Role of Parental Support among Italian Adolescents
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Pace, Ugo; Zappulla, Carla – Journal of Family Issues, 2013
This study examined the relationship of emotional detachment from parents, parental support, and problem behaviors and focused on the unique and common contribution that detachment and parental support made to internalizing and externalizing behavioral problems. A total of 461 young adolescents, 13 to 14 years old ("M" = 13.4;…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Behavior Problems, Parent Role, Foreign Countries
Exploring the Role of Filipino Fathers: Paternal Behaviors and Child Outcomes
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Harper, Scott E. – Journal of Family Issues, 2010
Using data collected from an urban Southern Visayan province during the Summer of 2006, this study examines a sample of 133 Filipino fathers to consider potential relationships between father behaviors and child outcomes. Increased paternal psychological control predicts increased problematic child outcomes, with sons being more affected than…
Descriptors: Sibling Relationship, Fathers, Parent Role, Foreign Countries
Parenting Style as a Moderator of Associations between Maternal Disciplinary Strategies and Child Well-Being
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Fletcher, Anne C.; Walls, Jill K.; Cook, Emily C.; Madison, Karis J.; Bridges, Tracey H. – Journal of Family Issues, 2008
The authors investigate whether parental use of punitive discipline and yielding to coercion varies in levels and associated child outcomes for mothers with different parenting styles. Participants were fourth-grade children (N = 370) and their mothers. Maternal parenting style was determined based on levels of responsiveness and demandingness.…
Descriptors: Discipline, Mothers, Parenting Styles, Child Rearing
Low-Income Multigenerational Households: Variation in Family Functioning by Mothers' Age and Race/Ethnicity
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Pittman, Laura D.; Boswell, Michelle K. – Journal of Family Issues, 2008
This article compares characteristics of families, mothers, and children on the basis of whether their household is multigenerational, using data from Welfare, Children, and Families: A Three-City Study, which samples low-income culturally diverse families. Few differences were found between multigenerational and nonmultigenerational households,…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Mothers, Family Income, Low Income Groups
Variations in Parenting and Adolescent Outcomes among African American and Latino Families Living in Low-Income, Urban Areas
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Roche, Kathleen M.; Ensminger, Margaret E.; Cherlin, Andrew J. – Journal of Family Issues, 2007
Drawing from social disorganization theory, this study examined how perceived neighborhood conditions modified associations between parenting and delinquency, depressive symptoms, and school problem behavior among more than 800 African American and Latino 10- to 14-year-olds participating in Welfare, Children, and Families: A Three-City Study.…
Descriptors: African Americans, Urban Areas, Child Rearing, Neighborhoods
Parenting Practices and Child Adjustment in Different Types of Households: A Study of African American Families
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Simons, Leslie Gordon; Chen, Yi-Fu; Simons, Ronald L.; Brody, Gene; Cutrona, Carolyn – Journal of Family Issues, 2006
This article uses a sample of 867 African American households to investigate differences in parenting practices and child outcomes by type of household. Results indicate that mothers provide similar levels of parenting regardless of family structure. Secondary caregivers, however, show a great deal of variation in quality of parenting. Fathers and…
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Child Rearing, Behavior Problems, Parenting Styles