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Positive parenting and children's prosocial behavior in eight countries

Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, 2016-07, Vol.57 (7), p.824-834 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

2015 Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health. ;Copyright © 2016 Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health. ;ISSN: 0021-9630 ;ISSN: 1469-7610 ;EISSN: 1469-7610 ;DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.12477 ;PMID: 26511201

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Title:
Positive parenting and children's prosocial behavior in eight countries
Author: Pastorelli, Concetta ; Lansford, Jennifer E. ; Luengo Kanacri, Bernadette Paula ; Malone, Patrick S. ; Di Giunta, Laura ; Bacchini, Dario ; Bombi, Anna Silvia ; Zelli, Arnaldo ; Miranda, Maria Concetta ; Bornstein, Marc H. ; Tapanya, Sombat ; Uribe Tirado, Liliana Maria ; Alampay, Liane Pena ; Al-Hassan, Suha M. ; Chang, Lei ; Deater-Deckard, Kirby ; Dodge, Kenneth A. ; Oburu, Paul ; Skinner, Ann T. ; Sorbring, Emma
Subjects: Academic disciplines ; Behaviour ; Child ; Child Behavior - ethnology ; Child development ; Child psychology ; Childhood ; Colombia - ethnology ; Comparative analysis ; cross-national ; Discipline ; Emotionally disturbed children ; Female ; Humans ; Interpersonal relationships ; Italy - ethnology ; Jordan - ethnology ; Kenya - ethnology ; late childhood ; Male ; Mother-Child Relations - ethnology ; Parenting ; Parenting - ethnology ; Parents & parenting ; Philippines - ethnology ; Prosocial behavior ; Prosocial behaviour ; Psychology ; Psykologi ; Quality ; Social Behavior ; Social development ; Sociodemographic aspects ; Sweden - ethnology ; Thailand - ethnology ; United States - ethnology ; Young people
Is Part Of: Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, 2016-07, Vol.57 (7), p.824-834
Description: Background Research supports the beneficial role of prosocial behaviors on children's adjustment and successful youth development. Empirical studies point to reciprocal relations between negative parenting and children's maladjustment, but reciprocal relations between positive parenting and children's prosocial behavior are understudied. In this study reciprocal relations between two different dimensions of positive parenting (quality of the mother–child relationship and the use of balanced positive discipline) and children's prosocial behavior were examined in Colombia, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, the Philippines, Sweden, Thailand, and the United States. Methods Mother–child dyads (N = 1105) provided data over 2 years in two waves (Mage of child in wave 1 = 9.31 years, SD = 0.73; 50% female). Results A model of reciprocal relations between parenting dimensions, but not among parenting and children's prosocial behavior, emerged. In particular, children with higher levels of prosocial behavior at age 9 elicited higher levels of mother–child relationship quality in the following year. Conclusions Findings yielded similar relations across countries, evidencing that being prosocial in late childhood contributes to some degree to the enhancement of a nurturing and involved mother–child relationship in countries that vary widely on sociodemographic profiles and psychological characteristics. Policy and intervention implications of this study are discussed.
Publisher: England: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 0021-9630
ISSN: 1469-7610
EISSN: 1469-7610
DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.12477
PMID: 26511201
Source: MEDLINE
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Positive parenting and children's prosocial behavior in eight countries

2015 Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health. ;Copyright © 2016 Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health. ;ISSN: 0021-9630 ;ISSN: 1469-7610 ;EISSN: 1469-7610 ;DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.12477 ;PMID: 26511201

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