TY - JOUR
T1 - Mother-Adolescent conflict in African American and European American families
T2 - The role of corporal punishment, adolescent aggression, and adolescents' hostile attributions of mothers' intent
AU - MacKinnon-Lewis, Carol
AU - Lindsey, Eric W.
AU - Frabutt, James M.
AU - Chambers, Jessica Campbell
N1 - Funding Information:
This investigation was funded by a grant from the William T. Grant Foundation to Carol MacKinnon-Lewis. The authors would like to thank Allison Allmon, Will Canu, Kelly Barrow, Angela Walker, and all of the graduate and undergraduate research assistants who contributed to the data collection and coding. Appreciation is also expressed to the mothers and adolescents who participated in the study.
Copyright:
Copyright 2014 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2014/8
Y1 - 2014/8
N2 - The present study examined mothers' use of corporal punishment and adolescents' aggression as predictors of mother-youth conflict during early adolescence. Particular attention was given to the potential mediating role that adolescents' hostile attributions of intent (HAI) regarding mothers' behavior might play in connections between corporal punishment, youth aggression, and mother-adolescent conflict for European American (EA) and African American (AA) youth. Data were collected from 268 12- to 14-year-olds (154 European American; 114 African American; 133 girls; 135 boys) and their mothers over a period of 2 years. Questionnaires completed by both mothers and adolescents were used to assess maternal corporal punishment and adolescent aggression, and interviews concerning hypothetical situations were used to assess adolescent HAI in year one. In both year one and year two mother-adolescent conflict was observed in a laboratory interaction session. Data revealed that adolescent HAI mediated the link between maternal corporal punishment and mother-adolescent conflict for EA, but not AA youth. Adolescents' HAI mediated the link between adolescent aggression and mother-adolescent conflict for both EA and AA families.
AB - The present study examined mothers' use of corporal punishment and adolescents' aggression as predictors of mother-youth conflict during early adolescence. Particular attention was given to the potential mediating role that adolescents' hostile attributions of intent (HAI) regarding mothers' behavior might play in connections between corporal punishment, youth aggression, and mother-adolescent conflict for European American (EA) and African American (AA) youth. Data were collected from 268 12- to 14-year-olds (154 European American; 114 African American; 133 girls; 135 boys) and their mothers over a period of 2 years. Questionnaires completed by both mothers and adolescents were used to assess maternal corporal punishment and adolescent aggression, and interviews concerning hypothetical situations were used to assess adolescent HAI in year one. In both year one and year two mother-adolescent conflict was observed in a laboratory interaction session. Data revealed that adolescent HAI mediated the link between maternal corporal punishment and mother-adolescent conflict for EA, but not AA youth. Adolescents' HAI mediated the link between adolescent aggression and mother-adolescent conflict for both EA and AA families.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.adolescence.2014.05.005
DO - 10.1016/j.adolescence.2014.05.005
M3 - Article
C2 - 25086461
AN - SCOPUS:84902465749
SN - 0140-1971
VL - 37
SP - 851
EP - 861
JO - Journal of Adolescence
JF - Journal of Adolescence
IS - 6
ER -
