The role of negative parental attributions in the associations between daily stressors, maltreatment history, and harsh and abusive discipline

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• 作者：Marieke Beckerman ; Sheila R. van Berkel ; Judi Mesman ; Lenneke R.A. Alink ; ^{alinklra@fsw.leidenuniv.nl}
• 关键词：Parental attributions ; Harsh discipline ; Child abuse ; Parenting stress ; Information processing
• 刊名：Child Abuse & Neglect
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：64
• 期：Complete
• 页码：109-116
• 全文大小：352 K
• 卷排序：64

文摘

Negative parental attributions are related to parent and family stressors and are thought to be important predictors of subsequent disciplinary actions and, potentially, abusive parenting. We examined if negative parental attributions mediate the relation between daily stressors (i.e., low SES, parenting stress, partner-related stress) parents’ own history of child maltreatment, and harsh and abusive parenting. Mothers (n = 53) completed a computerized attribution task and reported on daily stressors, their own history of child maltreatment and their discipline strategies. Mothers’ negative parental attributions mediated the association between parenting stress (but not the other stressors) and harsh and abusive discipline. These finding implicate that interventions to decrease (the risk of) child abuse should not only focus on reducing abuse-related stressors, but also target negative parental attributions.