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Intergenerational Transmission of Parental Harsh Discipline: Parental Interdependence and the Moderating Effect of Child’s Gender
Received date: 2023-07-21
Online published: 2024-05-13
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Based on the family system theory and interdependent theory, this study examined the parental interdependence and the moderating effect of child’s gender on the intergenerational transmission of harsh discipline. A questionnaire survey was conducted on 388 pairs of school age pupils’ mothers and fathers. Actor-partner interdependence modeling analyses revealed that: 1) The actor associations were significant, that is, mothers and fathers who had more experiences of being harsh disciplined in childhood engaged in more harsh disciplinary behaviors towards their own children. 2) Only fathers’ partner association was significant, that is, mothers’ experiences of being harsh disciplined in childhood predicted fathers’ harsh disciplinary behaviors. 3) The combination effects were also significant, that is, mothers’ and fathers’ actor associations were intensified by his or her partners’ experiences of being harsh disciplined in childhood. 4) Several associations above were moderated by child’s gender. Mothers’ actor association was stronger when their children were boys rather than girls, while mothers’ combination effect was significant only when their children were girls rather than boys. The findings suggest that the intergenerational transmission of harsh discipline within parents is non-independent and is moderated by child’s gender.
Zu’er LI , Jinqin HOU , Zhiyan CHEN . Intergenerational Transmission of Parental Harsh Discipline: Parental Interdependence and the Moderating Effect of Child’s Gender[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2024 , 22(1) : 93 -99 . DOI: 10.12139/j.1672-0628.2024.01.013
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