Abstract
This study examined how the cultural and situational contexts can jointly shape the consequences of discipline strategies. Israeli mothers who grew up in Israel or in the Former Soviet Union (FSU) (overall N = 110) reported regarding their use of psychologically controlling and punitive discipline with their seven-years-old to 10-years-old children, and teachers reported regarding children's behavior problems. We assessed both mothers' overall general use of the discipline strategies, and their use of the same strategies following transgressions in the academic domain, an area which the two groups emphasize to differing degrees. Consistent with hypothesis, controlling discipline in academic situations had more positive consequences in the FSU group compared with the Israeli-origin group. In contrast, and as predicted, cultural group was not a moderator of mothers' overall, general use of the same discipline strategies. The findings illustrate how taking the situation into account can inform examination of the moderating role of cultural group.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 99-119 |
Number of pages | 21 |
Journal | Social Development |
Volume | 25 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Feb 2016 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2016 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Keywords
- Behavior problems
- Culture
- Parents/parenting
- Socialization