Exploring the determinants of parental disciplinary behaviour : the robustness of child characteristics
department or school: Arts, Faculty of
department or school: Sociology, Department of
data provider: DSpace
degree campus: UBCV
creator: Hochbaum, Christine V.
issued: 2017-10-12T16:14:46Z
issued: 2017
related degree: Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
degree grantor: University of British Columbia
description: Since the 1970’s, there has been a burgeoning interest about the potential effects of children on parents. Theoretical approaches that reflect this interest include Bell’s (1974, 1977) control theory, the writings of Ambert (1992, 2001), genetic-mediation models (Jaffee, Caspi, Moffitt, Polo-Tomas, Price, & Taylor 2004; Knafo & Plomin, 2006; Reiss, 1995), and frameworks emphasizing parental cognition (Dix, 1991; Dix & Grusec, 1985; Dix, Ruble, & Zarnbarano, 1989; Maccoby & Martin, 1983; Okagaki & Divecha, 1993; Peterson & Rollins, 1987).The “child effects” perspective focuses on understanding how and why children affect their parents. The objective of this study was to investigate the extent to which parental disciplinary behaviours are determined by child characteristics. It further sought to explore whether or not variations in child characteristics over time influence parental disciplinary behaviours. This study uses data from the first three cycles of the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY, 1994-98). The sample was restricted to children 0-11 years old at Cycle 1 whose biological mother completed the survey in all three cycles (N = 11,780). Multiple linear regression was employed to test if the criterion measures of physical-psychological aggressive discipline, privilege deprivation-diversion, and reward were a function of child characteristics after accounting for parent, familial, and contextual covariates. The results showed that child social competence was negatively related to physical-psychological aggressive discipline and privilege deprivation-diversion as well as positively associated with reward. In addition to experiencing less reward, children reported as high in externalizing problems and difficult temperament received one or both physical-psychological aggressive discipline and privilege deprivation-diversion more often than children reported as low in these behaviours. All measures of discipline were inversely related to soc…
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note: EXPLORING THE DETERMINANTS OF PARENTAL DISCIPLINARY BEHAVIOUR: THE ROBUSTNESS OF CHILD CHARACTERISTICS by Christine V. Hochbaum B.A., The University of Winnipeg, 2004 M.A., The University of British Columbia, 2008 A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY in The Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (Sociology) THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Vancouver) October 2017 © Christine V. Hochbaum, 2017 ii Abstract Since the 1970’s, there has been a burgeoning interest about the potential effects of children on parents. Theoretical approaches that reflect this interest include Bell’s (1974, 1977) control theory, the writings of Ambert (1992, 2001), genetic-mediation models (Jaffee, Caspi, Moffitt, Polo-Tomas, Price, & Taylor 2004; Knafo & Plomin, 2006; Reiss, 1995), and frameworks emphasizing parental cognition (Dix, 1991; Dix & Grusec, 1985; Dix, Ruble, & Zarnbarano, 1989; Maccoby & Martin, 1983; Okagaki & Divecha, 1993; Peterson & Rollins, 1987).The “child effects” perspective focuses on understanding how and why children affect their parents. The objective of this study was to investigate the extent to which parental disciplinary behaviours are determined by child characteristics. It further sought to explore whether or not variations in child characteristics over time influence parental disciplinary behaviours. This study uses data from the first three cycles of the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY, 1994-98). The sample was restricted to children 0-11 years old at Cycle 1 whose biological mother completed the survey in all three cycles (N = 11,780). Multiple linear regression was employed to test if the criterion measures of physical-psychological aggressive discipline, privilege deprivation-diversion, and reward were a function of child characteristics after accounting for parent, familial, and contextual covariates. The results showed that child social competence was negativ…
has type: Thesis/Dissertation
date issued: 2017-11
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0357030
language: eng
degree discipline: Sociology
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: University of British Columbia
rights: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
rights URI: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
scholar level: Graduate
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/63272