Harsh parenting during early childhood and child development.
Econ Hum Biol
; 36: 100831, 2020 01.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-31816562
We study the relationship between harsh parenting strategies, including psychological and physical aggressions that do not constitute abuse, on early childhood cognitive and socio-emotional development. We estimate a value-added model that controls for a rich set of child, mother, and family characteristics, from a nationally representative sample of Chilean children aged 52-83 months. We find harsh parenting is significantly associated with lower verbal skills (Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test) of a magnitude of 0.06 standard deviations, and with increased behavioral problems (Child Behavior Check List), by 0.11 standard deviations, including internalization, externalization, and sleep problems. We also find that the more systematic (persistent) harsh parenting is, the stronger the association; the association is similar for boys and girls; reaches its peak at about 5 years of age; and it is stronger for children with less educated mothers.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Punishment
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Child Development
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Parenting
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Adverse Childhood Experiences
Type of study:
Prognostic_studies
Aspects:
Equity_inequality
Limits:
Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
America do sul
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Chile
Language:
En
Journal:
Econ Hum Biol
Journal subject:
BIOLOGIA
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CIENCIAS SOCIAIS
Year:
2020
Document type:
Article
Country of publication:
Netherlands