ABSTRACT

This study examined racial/ethnic differences in the relations between three dimensions of parenting practices (harsh, lax, and warm parenting) and children’s externalizing behaviors across European American, African American, and Latinx families. Participants included 221 mothers who identified as African American (n = 32), Latina (n = 46), or European American (n = 143). Mothers’ self-rated and observer-coded harshness, laxness, and warmth, and their ratings of their 3-year-old children’s externalizing behaviors (hyperactivity, aggression) were analyzed. Research Findings: Multiple regression analyses indicated some racial/ethnic differences in the relations between harsh and warm parenting and children’s externalizing behaviors. The slopes of the relation between greater harshness and greater aggression and hyperactivity were more positive for European American families than for African American or Latinx families. The slopes of the relation between greater warmth and less aggression were more negative for European American and Latinx families than for African American families. Results indicated no racial/ethnic differences in the relation between laxness and externalizing behaviors. Practice or Policy: These findings suggest racial/ethnic differences in the relation between some parenting practices and externalizing behaviors, which have important implications in culturally sensitive clinical practice for different racial/ethnic groups. More research is necessary to replicate these findings, and to identify other parenting practices that may be more important in racial/ethnic minority families.

 抽象的

这项研究考察了欧裔美国人、非裔美国人和拉丁裔家庭中养育方式的三个维度（严厉、宽松和温暖的养育）与儿童外化行为之间关系的种族/民族差异。参与者包括 221 名母亲，她们是非裔美国人 ( n = 32)、拉丁裔 ( n = 46) 或欧洲裔美国人 ( n = 143)。分析了母亲的自我评价和观察者编码的严厉、松懈和温暖，以及她们对 3 岁孩子的外化行为（多动、攻击性）的评价。研究结果：多元回归分析表明，严厉和温暖的养育方式与儿童外化行为之间的关系存在一些种族/民族差异。对于欧洲裔美国人家庭来说，更严厉的态度与更大的攻击性和多动之间的关系斜率比非裔美国人或拉丁裔家庭更积极。对于欧裔美国人和拉丁裔家庭来说，更多的温暖和更少的攻击性之间的关系斜率比非裔美国人的家庭更负面。结果表明，松懈与外化行为之间的关系不存在种族/民族差异。实践或政策：这些发现表明一些养育实践和外化行为之间的关系存在种族/民族差异，这对不同种族/民族群体的文化敏感的临床实践具有重要意义。需要更多的研究来复制这些发现，并确定在少数种族/族裔家庭中可能更重要的其他养育方式。