Neighborhood Danger, Parental Monitoring, Harsh Parenting, and Child Aggression in Nine Countries

Exposure to neighborhood danger during childhood has negative effects that permeate multiple dimensions of childhood. The current study examined whether mothers’, fathers’, and children’s perceptions of neighborhood danger are related to child aggression, whether parental monitoring moderates this r...

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Main Authors: Skinner, Ann T, Bacchini, Dario, Lansford, Jennifer E, Godwin, Jennifer, Sorbring, Emma, Tapanya, Sombat, Tirado, Liliana Maria Uribe, Zelli, Arnaldo, Alampay, Liane Peña, Al-Hassan, Suha M, Bombi, Anna Silvia, Bornstein, Marc H, Chang, Lei, Deater-Deckard, Kirby, Di Giunta, Laura, Dodge, Kenneth A, Malone, Patrick S, Miranda, Maria Concetta, Oburu, Paul, Pastorelli, Concetta
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spelling ph-ateneo-arc.psychology-faculty-pubs-11662020-07-01T10:44:26Z Neighborhood Danger, Parental Monitoring, Harsh Parenting, and Child Aggression in Nine Countries Skinner, Ann T Bacchini, Dario Lansford, Jennifer E Godwin, Jennifer Sorbring, Emma Tapanya, Sombat Tirado, Liliana Maria Uribe Zelli, Arnaldo Alampay, Liane Peña Al-Hassan, Suha M Bombi, Anna Silvia Bornstein, Marc H Chang, Lei Deater-Deckard, Kirby Di Giunta, Laura Dodge, Kenneth A Malone, Patrick S Miranda, Maria Concetta Oburu, Paul Pastorelli, Concetta Exposure to neighborhood danger during childhood has negative effects that permeate multiple dimensions of childhood. The current study examined whether mothers’, fathers’, and children’s perceptions of neighborhood danger are related to child aggression, whether parental monitoring moderates this relation, and whether harsh parenting mediates this relation. Interviews were conducted with a sample of 1293 children (age M = 10.68, SD = 0.66; 51% girls) and their mothers (n = 1282) and fathers (n = 1075) in nine countries (China, Colombia, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, the Philippines, Sweden, Thailand, and the United States). Perceptions of greater neighborhood danger were associated with more child aggression in all nine countries according to mothers’ and fathers’ reports and in five of the nine countries according to children’s reports. Parental monitoring did not moderate the relation between perception of neighborhood danger and child aggression. The mediating role of harsh parenting was inconsistent across countries and reporters. Implications for further research are discussed, and include examination of more specific aspects of parental monitoring as well as more objective measures of neighborhood danger. 2014-01-22T08:00:00Z text application/pdf https://archium.ateneo.edu/psychology-faculty-pubs/167 https://archium.ateneo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1166&context=psychology-faculty-pubs Psychology Department Faculty Publications Archīum Ateneo child aggression community violence harsh parenting parental monitoring neighborhood danger Child Psychology Psychology
institution Ateneo De Manila University
building Ateneo De Manila University Library
continent Asia
country Philippines
Philippines
content_provider Ateneo De Manila University Library
collection archium.Ateneo Institutional Repository
topic child aggression
community violence
harsh parenting
parental monitoring
neighborhood danger
Child Psychology
Psychology
spellingShingle child aggression
community violence
harsh parenting
parental monitoring
neighborhood danger
Child Psychology
Psychology
Skinner, Ann T
Bacchini, Dario
Lansford, Jennifer E
Godwin, Jennifer
Sorbring, Emma
Tapanya, Sombat
Tirado, Liliana Maria Uribe
Zelli, Arnaldo
Alampay, Liane Peña
Al-Hassan, Suha M
Bombi, Anna Silvia
Bornstein, Marc H
Chang, Lei
Deater-Deckard, Kirby
Di Giunta, Laura
Dodge, Kenneth A
Malone, Patrick S
Miranda, Maria Concetta
Oburu, Paul
Pastorelli, Concetta
Neighborhood Danger, Parental Monitoring, Harsh Parenting, and Child Aggression in Nine Countries
description Exposure to neighborhood danger during childhood has negative effects that permeate multiple dimensions of childhood. The current study examined whether mothers’, fathers’, and children’s perceptions of neighborhood danger are related to child aggression, whether parental monitoring moderates this relation, and whether harsh parenting mediates this relation. Interviews were conducted with a sample of 1293 children (age M = 10.68, SD = 0.66; 51% girls) and their mothers (n = 1282) and fathers (n = 1075) in nine countries (China, Colombia, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, the Philippines, Sweden, Thailand, and the United States). Perceptions of greater neighborhood danger were associated with more child aggression in all nine countries according to mothers’ and fathers’ reports and in five of the nine countries according to children’s reports. Parental monitoring did not moderate the relation between perception of neighborhood danger and child aggression. The mediating role of harsh parenting was inconsistent across countries and reporters. Implications for further research are discussed, and include examination of more specific aspects of parental monitoring as well as more objective measures of neighborhood danger.
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author Skinner, Ann T
Bacchini, Dario
Lansford, Jennifer E
Godwin, Jennifer
Sorbring, Emma
Tapanya, Sombat
Tirado, Liliana Maria Uribe
Zelli, Arnaldo
Alampay, Liane Peña
Al-Hassan, Suha M
Bombi, Anna Silvia
Bornstein, Marc H
Chang, Lei
Deater-Deckard, Kirby
Di Giunta, Laura
Dodge, Kenneth A
Malone, Patrick S
Miranda, Maria Concetta
Oburu, Paul
Pastorelli, Concetta
author_facet Skinner, Ann T
Bacchini, Dario
Lansford, Jennifer E
Godwin, Jennifer
Sorbring, Emma
Tapanya, Sombat
Tirado, Liliana Maria Uribe
Zelli, Arnaldo
Alampay, Liane Peña
Al-Hassan, Suha M
Bombi, Anna Silvia
Bornstein, Marc H
Chang, Lei
Deater-Deckard, Kirby
Di Giunta, Laura
Dodge, Kenneth A
Malone, Patrick S
Miranda, Maria Concetta
Oburu, Paul
Pastorelli, Concetta
author_sort Skinner, Ann T
title Neighborhood Danger, Parental Monitoring, Harsh Parenting, and Child Aggression in Nine Countries
title_short Neighborhood Danger, Parental Monitoring, Harsh Parenting, and Child Aggression in Nine Countries
title_full Neighborhood Danger, Parental Monitoring, Harsh Parenting, and Child Aggression in Nine Countries
title_fullStr Neighborhood Danger, Parental Monitoring, Harsh Parenting, and Child Aggression in Nine Countries
title_full_unstemmed Neighborhood Danger, Parental Monitoring, Harsh Parenting, and Child Aggression in Nine Countries
title_sort neighborhood danger, parental monitoring, harsh parenting, and child aggression in nine countries
publisher Archīum Ateneo
publishDate 2014
url https://archium.ateneo.edu/psychology-faculty-pubs/167
https://archium.ateneo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1166&context=psychology-faculty-pubs
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