Highlights•Research has shifted to study parenting in terms of dimensions, not global
styles.•Progress has been made in specifying different forms of control.•Different beliefs …

Offspring of parents with chronic pain are at increased risk for pain and adverse mental and
physical health outcomes (Higgins et al, 2015). Although the association between chronic …

Child sexual abuse (CSA) is a serious public health issue. Current after-the-fact approaches
to treating victims and punishing offenders are not adequate to address a problem of this …

The present study examines parents' self-efficacy about anger regulation and irritability as
predictors of harsh parenting and adolescent children's irritability (ie, mediators), which in …

Abstract Grounded in Interpersonal Acceptance-Rejection Theory, this study assessed
children's (N= 1315) perceptions of maternal and paternal acceptance-rejection in nine …

Background. The psychological effects of war trauma are well-documented, but
comparatively little research has focused on the mechanisms underlying intergenerational …

There is growing debate in the parenting literature as to whether using physical punishment
to discipline children is an effective strategy or leads to the development of aggressive …

Newly updated, this is a comprehensive guide to ODD and conduct disorder (CD) in children
aged 3-14 for professionals, students, and researchers. Summarizes the most important …

Violence against children is a significant problem, particularly during early childhood
development. Spanking and other forms of corporal punishment in child-rearing have been …

In the present analysis, we test the dual systems model of adolescent risk taking in a cross-
national sample of over 5,200 individuals aged 10 through 30 (M= 17.05 years, SD= 5.91) …