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Parenting, culture, and the development of externalizing behaviors from age 7 to 14 in nine countries

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Lansford, Jennifer E., Godwin, Jennifer, Bornstein, Marc H., Chang, Lei, Deater-Deckard, Kirby, Di Giunta, Laura, Dodge, Kenneth A., Malone, Patrick S. +10 more·2018·Development and Psychopathology
DOI 10.1017/s0954579418000925PMC PMC6361516
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Using multilevel models, we examined mother-, father-, and child-reported ( N = 1,336 families) externalizing behavior problem trajectories from age 7 to 14 in nine countries (China, Colombia, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, the Philippines, Sweden, Thailand, and the United States). The intercept and slope of children's externalizing behavior trajectories varied both across individuals within culture and across cultures, and the variance was larger at the individual level than at the culture level. Mothers’ and children's endorsement of aggression as well as mothers’ authoritarian attitudes predicted higher age 8 intercepts of child externalizing behaviors. Furthermore, prediction from individual-level endorsement of aggression and authoritarian attitudes to more child externalizing behaviors was augmented by prediction from cultural-level endorsement of aggression and authoritarian attitudes, respectively. Cultures in which father-reported endorsement of aggression was higher and both mother- and father-reported authoritarian attitudes were higher also reported more child externalizing behavior problems at age 8. Among fathers, greater attributions regarding uncontrollable success in caregiving situations were associated with steeper declines in externalizing over time. Understanding cultural-level as well as individual-level correlates of children's externalizing behavior offers potential insights into prevention and intervention efforts that can be more effectively targeted at individual children and parents as well as targeted at changing cultural norms that increase the risk of children's and adolescents’ externalizing behavior.

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Lansford, J. E., Godwin, J., Bornstein, M. H., Chang, L., Deater-Deckard, K., Di Giunta, L., Dodge, K. A., Malone, P. S., Oburu, P., Pastorelli, C., Skinner, A. T., Sorbring, E., Steinberg, L., Tapanya, S., Uribe Tirado, L. M., Alampay, L. P., Al-Hassan, S. M., & Bacchini, D.
Affiliations
  • Duke University (US)
  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (US)
  • University of Macau (MO)
  • University of Massachusetts Amherst (US)
  • Maseno University (KE)
  • Sapienza University of Rome (IT)
  • University West (SE)
  • King Abdulaziz University (SA)
  • Chiang Mai University (TH)
  • Ateneo de Manila University (PH)
  • University of Naples Federico II (IT)
Corresponding author
Lansford, Jennifer E.
ORCID
Venue
Development and Psychopathology
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Published
2018-08-22
Volume
30
Issue
5
Pages
1937-1958
ISSN
  • 0954-5794 (ISSN-L)
  • 1469-2198
DOI
10.1017/s0954579418000925
PMC
PMC6361516
OpenAlex
W2888646469
Cited by
62
References
123
Citations by year
2026: 11 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 13 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 3
FWCI
5.28
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
www.cambridge.org/core/terms (unspecified)
Locations
  • Development and Psychopathology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • IRIS Research product catalog (Sapienza University of Rome) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Fogarty International Center (R03TW008141)
  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (P2CHD065563, R01HD054805)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Cultural Differences and Values
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Psychosocial Factors Impacting Youth
Keywords
externalizing problems, parenting, cultural differences, aggression, authoritarian parenting, child development, cross-cultural comparison, parenting styles, child and adolescent psychopathology
MeSH terms
Problem Behavior, Adolescent, Adolescent Behavior, Adult, Aggression, Child, Child Behavior, China, Colombia, Cross-Cultural Comparison, Fathers, Female, Humans, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Male, Mothers, Philippines, Sweden, Thailand, United States, Parenting

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