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Factors that affect parental disciplinary practices of children aged 12 to 19 months

Rebecca R S Socolar1, Eric Savage, Lynette Keyes-Elstein

  • 1Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics and Department of Social Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7225, USA. rsocolar@med.unc.edu

Southern Medical Journal
|January 31, 2006
PubMed

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Physicians should discuss parental discipline, as context significantly influences disciplinary practices. Understanding these factors improves counseling quality for parents and children.

Area of Science:

  • Pediatric Health
  • Child Development
  • Parenting Studies

Background:

  • Physician counseling on parental discipline is recommended.
  • Effective counseling necessitates understanding disciplinary practices and influencing factors.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze factors influencing parental disciplinary practices.
  • To identify predictors of disciplinary methods in young children.

Main Methods:

  • Interviewed 182 parents of 12- to 19-month-old children using the Discipline Survey.
  • Analyzed contextual factors predicting disciplinary practices in pediatric clinics.

Main Results:

  • Monitoring was the most common discipline; time-out was least common.
  • Parent, child, and family characteristics significantly associated with practices.
  • Discipline context was significant for most practices; specific misbehavior was most influential.

Conclusions:

  • Counseling should emphasize that misbehavior occurs within specific contexts.
  • Practitioners must consider situational factors when advising families on discipline.
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