Understanding a mother's love: the influence of maternal warmth on the relationship between harsh parenting practices and child behavioural outcomes
Darling and Steinberg argue that parenting styles form the global context of the parent-child relationship and therefore, alter the meaning of parenting practices and its relation to child outcomes. In Singapore, harsh parenting practices (physical punishment and guilt induction) remain normative de...
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| author | Leong, Amanda Wai Mun |
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| description | Darling and Steinberg argue that parenting styles form the global context of the parent-child relationship and therefore, alter the meaning of parenting practices and its relation to child outcomes. In Singapore, harsh parenting practices (physical punishment and guilt induction) remain normative despite its associations with negative outcomes. Therefore, it is valuable to examine if a warm parenting style alters the meaning of these harsh practices and its association to poorer child outcomes. Comprising of mother-child dyads, Study 1 examines the relationship between harsh parenting practices (physical punishment and guilt induction) and child behavioural outcomes (externalising and internalising behaviours) with warmth as a moderator. Gender was included as a covariate for externalising behaviours. Study 2 aims to understand how warmth is demonstrated and perceived in Singapore through analysing a subset of interviews from mothers and children. From Study 1, it was found that higher levels of physical punishment and guilt induction were related higher levels of externalising and internalising behaviours. While greater warmth were associated to lower levels of externalising behaviours, it was not associated to lower levels of internalising behaviours. No moderating effect for warmth was found. Study 2 reported some discrepancies in how warmth was demonstrated by mothers and perceived by children. Future studies can therefore consider the child’s perception of maternal warmth as a moderator and look into adapting existing warmth scales to be more inclusive of a variety of expressions of acceptance and warmth. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1778192024-06-02T15:32:20Z Understanding a mother's love: the influence of maternal warmth on the relationship between harsh parenting practices and child behavioural outcomes Leong, Amanda Wai Mun Setoh Pei Pei School of Social Sciences Cheung Hoi Shan hoishan.cheung@nie.edu.sg, psetoh@ntu.edu.sg Social Sciences Maternal warmth Physical punishment Guilt induction Externalising behaviours Internalising behaviours Singapore Darling and Steinberg argue that parenting styles form the global context of the parent-child relationship and therefore, alter the meaning of parenting practices and its relation to child outcomes. In Singapore, harsh parenting practices (physical punishment and guilt induction) remain normative despite its associations with negative outcomes. Therefore, it is valuable to examine if a warm parenting style alters the meaning of these harsh practices and its association to poorer child outcomes. Comprising of mother-child dyads, Study 1 examines the relationship between harsh parenting practices (physical punishment and guilt induction) and child behavioural outcomes (externalising and internalising behaviours) with warmth as a moderator. Gender was included as a covariate for externalising behaviours. Study 2 aims to understand how warmth is demonstrated and perceived in Singapore through analysing a subset of interviews from mothers and children. From Study 1, it was found that higher levels of physical punishment and guilt induction were related higher levels of externalising and internalising behaviours. While greater warmth were associated to lower levels of externalising behaviours, it was not associated to lower levels of internalising behaviours. No moderating effect for warmth was found. Study 2 reported some discrepancies in how warmth was demonstrated by mothers and perceived by children. Future studies can therefore consider the child’s perception of maternal warmth as a moderator and look into adapting existing warmth scales to be more inclusive of a variety of expressions of acceptance and warmth. Bachelor's degree 2024-05-31T07:41:15Z 2024-05-31T07:41:15Z 2024 Final Year Project (FYP) Leong, A. W. M. (2024). Understanding a mother's love: the influence of maternal warmth on the relationship between harsh parenting practices and child behavioural outcomes. Final Year Project (FYP), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/177819 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/177819 en NUS-IRB-2020-518 application/pdf Nanyang Technological University |
| spellingShingle | Social Sciences Maternal warmth Physical punishment Guilt induction Externalising behaviours Internalising behaviours Singapore Leong, Amanda Wai Mun Understanding a mother's love: the influence of maternal warmth on the relationship between harsh parenting practices and child behavioural outcomes |
| title | Understanding a mother's love: the influence of maternal warmth on the relationship between harsh parenting practices and child behavioural outcomes |
| title_full | Understanding a mother's love: the influence of maternal warmth on the relationship between harsh parenting practices and child behavioural outcomes |
| title_fullStr | Understanding a mother's love: the influence of maternal warmth on the relationship between harsh parenting practices and child behavioural outcomes |
| title_full_unstemmed | Understanding a mother's love: the influence of maternal warmth on the relationship between harsh parenting practices and child behavioural outcomes |
| title_short | Understanding a mother's love: the influence of maternal warmth on the relationship between harsh parenting practices and child behavioural outcomes |
| title_sort | understanding a mother s love the influence of maternal warmth on the relationship between harsh parenting practices and child behavioural outcomes |
| topic | Social Sciences Maternal warmth Physical punishment Guilt induction Externalising behaviours Internalising behaviours Singapore |
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