The present study examined the prevalence and country-level correlates of 11 responses to children's behavior, including nonviolent discipline, psychological aggression, and physical violence, as well as endorsement of the use of physical punishment, in 24 countries using data from 30,470 families with 2- to 4-year-old children that participated in UNICEF's Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey. Th...

Recent research on conservative Protestantism suggests that religion has reemerged as an important predictor of childrearing attitudes and practices. This research has focused on the distinctive approach toward discipline among conservative Protestant parents. No study, however, has explored the links between conservative Protestantism and positive parental emotion work (physical and verbal exp...

This study will deal with the construct of perceived control in difficult childrearing interactions with parents of ADHD children. It has been hypothesized that a) these parents develop low self-control schemata as result of a transactional history of failure interactions with their children more often than parents of non-problem children, and b) low perceived control beliefs are associated wit...

The measurement of cardiovascular functioning targets an important bridge between social conditions and differential well-being. Nevertheless, the biocultural, psychosocial processes that link human ecology to cardiovascular function in children remain inadequately characterized. Childrearing practices shaped by parents' cultural beliefs should moderate children's affective responses to daily e...

The number of countries experiencing very low fertility has been rising in recent years, garnering increasing academic, political and media attention. There is now widespread academic agreement that the postponement of fertility is a major contributing factor in the very low levels of fertility that have occurred, and yet most policy discussions have been devoted to increasing the numbers of ch...

DURING THE PAST 2 DECADES, SLEEP PRACTICES AND SLEEP PROBLEMS IN CHILDREN HAVE RECEIVED MORE ATTENTION FROM PARENTS AND MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS BECAUSE SLEEP PROBLEMS IN CHILDREN ARE NOW RECOGNIZED TO BE VERY COMMON (estimated prevalence 10% 45%),1-6 often persist over several years,7-9 and can exert adverse effects on cognitive, behavior, emotional, and even physical development.1 Sleep practice...

Western conceptions of child development and the models of early education they engender predominantly shape services for young children in the first eight years of life all over Africa. This chapter brings a reconceptualist perspective to the critique of Kenya's continuing failure to ground early childhood programs and services in local cultural conceptions, developmental values, childrearing ...

Health visiting practice has moved away from surveillance and screening of children to support for parents, especially those assessed as vulnerable. This paper explores parents' perspectives of factors that determine their need for support and the perceived usefulness of the support they receive. Parents of 44 children took part in small group discussions in convenient local venues or individua...

There is a vast literature desn’bing the importance of childrearing factors in the deoelqtnnent of anxiety and depression. Unfortunately, much of this work comes from diverse areas, has variable theoretical bases, and makes use of a variety of methods, each with its own limitations. Thus, conclusions about the state of the research are di$icult to draw. This review @lls together literature rela...