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Summary
325 Chinese kindergartners participated in a study examining the effect of harsh parenting on child behavior. Mothers’ harsh parenting affected child emotion regulation more strongly than did fathers. However, harsh parenting emanating from fathers had a stronger effect on child aggression. Fathers’ harsh parenting also affected sons more than daughters, but there was no gender differential effect for mothers.
Citation
Chang, L., Schwartz, D., Dodge, K. A., & McBride-Chang, C. (2003). Harsh parenting in relation to child emotion regulation and aggression. Journal of family psychology, 17(4), 598.