Exploring the relation of harsh parental discipline with child emotional and behavioral problems by using multiple informants. The generation R study.

ABSTRACT: Parental harsh disciplining, like corporal punishment, has consistently been associated with adverse mental health outcomes in children. It remains a challenge to accurately assess the consequences of harsh discipline, as researchers and clinicians generally rely on parent report of young children's problem behaviors. If parents rate their parenting styles and their child's behavior this may bias results. The use of child self-report on problem behaviors is not common but may provide extra information about the relation of harsh parental discipline and problem behavior. We examined the independent contribution of young children's self-report above parental report of emotional and behavioral problems in a study of maternal and paternal harsh discipline in a birth cohort. Maternal and patern

SUBMITTER: Mackenbach JD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4132073 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature