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Parent Attitudes and Discipline Practices: Profiles and Correlates in a Nationally Representative Sample

University of Nebraska

Elaine H. Christiansen

The Gallup Organization

Shelly Jackson

University of Nebraska

Jennifer M. Wyatt

University of Nebraska

Rebecca A. Colman

University of Nebraska

Reece L. Peterson

University of Nebraska

Brian L. Wilcox

University of Nebraska

Chad W. Buckendahl

University of Nebraska

The responses of a nationally representative sample of 1,000 parents to a survey concerning parent attitudes, disciplinary practices, and other predictors of competent parenting were analyzed. Cluster analysis identified three subgroups based on their profiles of parenting attitudes and discipline. The first was high on physical discipline, neglect, verbal abuse, and attitudes that devalue children. They reported childhood abuse and domestic violence, marital difficulty, and problems managing anger. The second group was high on nonphysical as well as physical discipline, and had a more positive attitude toward children but also had a profile of psychosocial risk. The third group had low scores on all disciplinary practices, low perceived disciplinary efficacy, and a healthy marital and personal history. These groups are different from traditional parenting typologies, and the findings confirm theoretical predictions concerning the correlates of parenting problems and raise new questions concerning the convergence of physically punitive with nonpunitive discipline practices.

Child Maltreatment, Vol. 4, No. 4, 316-330 (1999)
DOI: 10.1177/1077559599004004005


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