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Associations Between Perceived Material Deprivation, Parents' Discipline Practices, and Children's Behavior Problems: An International Perspective.

ABSTRACT: This study investigated the association between perceived material deprivation, children's behavior problems, and parents' disciplinary practices. The sample included 1,418 8- to 12-year-old children and their parents in China, Colombia, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, the Philippines, Sweden, Thailand, and the United States. Multilevel mixed- and fixed-effects regression models found that, even when income remained stable, perceived material deprivation was associated with children's externalizing behavior problems and parents' psychological aggression. Parents' disciplinary practices mediated a small share of the association between perceived material deprivation and children's behavior problems. There were no differences in these associations between mothers and fathers or between high- and low- and middle-income countries. These results suggest that material deprivation likely influences children's outcomes at any income level.

SUBMITTER: Schenck-Fontaine A

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6443506 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Associations Between Perceived Material Deprivation, Parents' Discipline Practices, and Children's Behavior Problems: An International Perspective.

Schenck-Fontaine Anika A Lansford Jennifer E JE Skinner Ann T AT Deater-Deckard Kirby K Di Giunta Laura L Dodge Kenneth A KA Oburu Paul P Pastorelli Concetta C Sorbring Emma E Steinberg Laurence L Malone Patrick S PS Tapanya Sombat S Uribe Tirado Liliana M LM Alampay Liane P LP Al-Hassan Suha M SM Bacchini Dario D Bornstein Marc H MH Chang Lei L

Child development 20181001 1

This study investigated the association between perceived material deprivation, children's behavior problems, and parents' disciplinary practices. The sample included 1,418 8- to 12-year-old children and their parents in China, Colombia, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, the Philippines, Sweden, Thailand, and the United States. Multilevel mixed- and fixed-effects regression models found that, even when income remained stable, perceived material deprivation was associated with children's externalizing behavi ...[more]

PMID: 30273981

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Associations Between Perceived Material Deprivation, Parents' Discipline Practices, and Children's Behavior Problems: An International Perspective.

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Associations Between Perceived Material Deprivation, Parents' Discipline Practices, and Children's Behavior Problems: An International Perspective.

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