O'Gara Jaimie L, Calzada Esther J, LaBrenz Catherine, Barajas-Gonzalez R Gabriela
School of Social Work, Clarke University, 1500 Clarke Dr, Dubuque, IA 52001, USA.
University of Texas Arlington, 211 South Cooper St. office B101G, Arlington, TX 76010, USA.
J Child Fam Stud. 2020 Nov;29(11):3080-3090. doi: 10.1007/s10826-020-01818-x. Epub 2020 Sep 14.
Spanking is a divisive discipline practice in the USA and is considered an inappropriate and harmful discipline tactic by some scholars and practitioners. However, increased diversity in the USA has contributed to varying cultural beliefs regarding discipline, which in turn influences child development. While prior literature has examined correlates of spanking, few studies have examined its impact on Latinx children over time. We examined the use of spanking by Mexican-American ( = 185) and Dominican-American mothers ( = 141) across three time points. The main objective was to investigate whether maternal spanking predicted externalizing problems in young Latinx youth overtime. Families were recruited from public urban schools. Data were collected when children were 4-, 5- and 6-years old. A three-wave cross-lagged multi-group path analysis examined the potential reciprocal relationships between maternal spanking and child externalizing behaviors. According to cross-sectional linear regression models, spanking was concurrently associated with behavior problems at all three time points. However, the results of the cross-lagged multi-group path analyses showed that spanking did not predict subsequent behavior problems, nor did behavior problems predict subsequent spanking. The impact of spanking on child behavior may not be long-lasting in all Latinx families. Spanking and youth externalizing problems are concurrently and positively related; however, maternal use of spanking as a means of discipline did not result in negative and long term effects on child externalizing problems. Implications for practice with Latinx families are explored.
在美国，打屁股是一种存在争议的管教方式，一些学者和从业者认为这是一种不恰当且有害的管教策略。然而，美国日益增加的多样性导致了关于管教的文化观念各不相同，这反过来又影响了儿童的发展。虽然先前的文献研究了打屁股的相关因素，但很少有研究考察其对拉丁裔儿童长期的影响。我们在三个时间点考察了墨西哥裔美国人（n = 185）和多米尼加裔美国人母亲（n = 141）打屁股的情况。主要目的是调查母亲打屁股是否会随着时间的推移预测拉丁裔青少年的外化问题。研究对象是从城市公立学校招募的家庭。在孩子4岁、5岁和6岁时收集数据。采用三波交叉滞后多组路径分析来检验母亲打屁股与儿童外化行为之间潜在的相互关系。根据横断面线性回归模型，在所有三个时间点，打屁股都与行为问题同时存在关联。然而，交叉滞后多组路径分析的结果表明，打屁股并不能预测随后的行为问题，行为问题也不能预测随后的打屁股行为。在所有拉丁裔家庭中，打屁股对儿童行为的影响可能不会持久。打屁股与青少年外化问题同时存在且呈正相关；然而，母亲将打屁股作为一种管教方式并未对儿童外化问题产生负面的长期影响。本文探讨了对拉丁裔家庭实践的启示。
