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Reciprocity in Undesirable Parent–Child Behavior? Verbal Aggression, Corporal Punishment, and Girls’ Oppositional Defiant Symptoms

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Derella, Olivia J., Burke, Jeffrey D., Stepp, Stephanie D., Hipwell, Alison E.·2020·Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology
DOI 10.1080/15374416.2019.1603109PMC PMC6832786
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Parental verbal aggression and corporal punishment are associated with children’s conduct problems and oppositional defiant disorder (ODD). The strength of bidirectional relationships among specific disruptive behaviors has been inconsistent across gender, and the direction of influence between parental aggression and girls’ ODD symptoms is particularly understudied. This study tested reciprocal effects between aggressive parent behaviors and girls’ ODD dimensions of oppositionality, antagonism, and irritability. Data from the Pittsburgh Girls Study (N = 2,450) were used, including annual child and parent-reported aggressive discipline and girls’ parent-reported ODD symptoms between ages 5 and 16. Separate clustered Poisson regression models examined change in parent or child behavior outcomes using predictors lagged by one time point. After controlling for demographic factors, behavior stability, and other disruptive behaviors, parent-reported corporal punishment predicted girls’ increasing antagonism and irritability, whereas child-reported corporal punishment was unrelated to ODD symptom change. Both parent- and child-reported verbal aggression predicted increases across ODD dimensions. Girls’ oppositionality and antagonism predicted increasing parent-reported verbal aggression over time, but only oppositionality was significantly related to child-reported verbal aggression. Although ODD symptoms were unrelated to change in corporal punishment, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) predicted increasing parental aggression of both types. Bidirectional associations emerged such that parental verbal aggression escalates reciprocally with girls’ behavioral ODD symptoms. Verbal aggression contributed to increasing irritability, but irritability did not influence parenting behavior. “Child effects” may be most salient for behavioral ODD symptoms in transaction with verbal aggression and for ADHD symptoms in predicting worsening corporal punishment and verbal aggression.

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Authors
Derella, O. J., Burke, J. D., Stepp, S. D., & Hipwell, A. E.
Affiliations
  • University of Connecticut (US)
  • University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (US)
Corresponding author
Derella, Olivia J.
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Venue
Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
2019-05-06
Volume
49
Issue
3
Pages
420-433
ISSN
  • 1537-4416 (ISSN-L)
  • 1537-4424
DOI
10.1080/15374416.2019.1603109
PMC
PMC6832786
OpenAlex
W2944686736
Cited by
32
References
73
Citations by year
2026: 6 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 4
FWCI
3.21
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
National Institute of Mental Health
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Keywords
corporal punishment, oppositional defiant disorder, reciprocal effects, bidirectional relationship, girls, irritability, antagonism, oppositionality, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, parental behavior, child effects, disruptive behavior
MeSH terms
Problem Behavior, Aggression, Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity, Child, Child Abuse, Child Behavior, Child, Preschool, Female, Humans, Longitudinal Studies, Parent-Child Relations, Parents, Punishment, Parenting, Conduct Disorder, Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders

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