Some Consequences of Early Harsh Discipline: Child Aggression and a Maladaptive Social Information Processing Style.

Weiss, Bahr; And Others

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Publication Date: 1992

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Some Consequences of Early Harsh Discipline: Child Aggression and a Maladaptive Social Information Processing Style.

Weiss, Bahr; And Others

Child Development, v63 n6 p1321-35 Dec 1992

Using an experimental design that avoided some methodological difficulties of earlier studies, this study found a relationship between harsh parental discipline and kindergarten children's aggression. This relationship was apparently not a result of confounding factors such as child temperament, SES, and marital violence. (BC)

Descriptors: Aggression, Attribution Theory, Child Abuse, Corporal Punishment, Discipline, Kindergarten Children, Longitudinal Studies, Parent Child Relationship, Parent Influence, Personality, Primary Education, Research Methodology, Social Cognition, Socioeconomic Status

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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IES Cited: ED545960

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