Abstract: This study was designed to examine whether parenting stress and child behavioral problems are significant predictors of parent–child conflict in the context of low-income families and how these relations are moderated by maternal nativity. The authors conducted multiple regression analyses to examine relations between teachers’ report of behavioral problems among preschoolers and self-report of parenting stress and parent–child conflict in a sample of 236 mothers. Findings showed that for both U.S.-born and foreign-born mothers, higher parenting stress is associated with greater parent–child conflict. Child behavioral problems are positively linked to parent–child conflict, but only for the U.S.-born mothers. The common experience of stress brought about by financial difficulties may account for the similar relation between stress and parent–child conflict among U.S.-born and foreign-born mothers. Different cultural backgrounds leading to different parenting beliefs and practices may explain the contrasting relation of parent–child conflict and child behavioral problems between the two groups.

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儿童行为问题和父母教养压力对低收入家庭亲子冲突的影响：孕产妇的调节作用

摘要：本研究旨在检验父母压力和儿童行为问题是否是低收入家庭背景下父母与子女冲突的重要预测因素，以及这些关系如何通过母亲的出生来缓解。作者进行了多元回归分析，以研究在236名母亲中，教师对学龄前儿童行为问题的报告与父母对父母的压力和亲子冲突的自我报告之间的关系。研究结果表明，对于美国出生的母亲和外国出生的母亲而言，较高的父母压力与更大的父母子女冲突有关。儿童行为问题与亲子冲突有正相关关系，但仅适用于美国出生的母亲。经济困难带来的压力的共同经历可能解释了压力与美国出生和外国出生的母亲之间的亲子冲突之间的相似关系。不同的文化背景导致了不同的养育观念和习俗，这可能解释了两组之间亲子冲突和儿童行为问题的对比关系。