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. 2012 Jan 1;12(2-3):222-231.
doi: 10.1080/15295192.2012.683360. Epub 2012 Jun 14.

Intergenerational Continuity and Discontinuity in Harsh Parenting

Rand D Conger  1 , Thomas J Schofield, Tricia K Neppl
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Intergenerational Continuity and Discontinuity in Harsh Parenting

Rand D Conger et al. Parent Sci Pract. .

Abstract

The Family Transitions Project began in 1989 to see how rural families in Iowa were coping with the severe economic downturn in agriculture at that time. In this report we show that cohort members who were treated harshly by their parents tended to emulate these behaviors with their children. However, if they co-parented with a partner who demonstrated a warm and supportive parenting style, intergenerational continuity was disrupted.

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Figure 1
G2 spouse’s warmth toward G3 as a mediator and moderator of G1 to G2 harshness; standardized regression coefficients; standard errors in parentheses; *p < .05.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Zero-order associations between G1 and G2 harshness when spouse and child relationship quality is either low or high.
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