Is Participation in Head Start Associated with Less Maternal Spanking for Boys and Girls?

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dc.contributor.authorLee, R., Brooks-Gunn, J., Han, W. J., Waldfogel, J., & Zhai, F.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-23T16:07:27Z
dc.date.available2017-01-23T16:07:27Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractHead Start includes family-oriented services to enhance parent-child relationships, but little is known about the effect of Head Start on parenting practices. Using data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort (n ≈ 7,000), we examined whether participation in Head Start was associated with maternal spanking, with particular attention to whether the association differed by child gender. We found that Head Start participation was associated with lower likelihood that mothers spanked their child in the past week at both preschool and kindergarten entry as well as lower likelihood that mothers would use spanking in a hypothetical situation, among boys but not girls. These beneficial effects of Head Start participation on mothers’ use of spanking among boys were not reduced by additionally including maternal depression and child behavior problems. (Author Abstract)en_US
dc.identifier.citationLee, R., Brooks-Gunn, J., Han, W. J., Waldfogel, J., & Zhai, F. (2014). Is participation in Head Start associated with less maternal spanking for boys and girls?. Children and youth services review, 46, 55-63.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4165353/pdf/nihms623131.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/3163
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherChildren and Youth Services Reviewen_US
dc.subjectchild abuseen_US
dc.subjectcorporal punishmenten_US
dc.subjectparentingen_US
dc.subjectprevalenceen_US
dc.subjectinterventionen_US
dc.subjectpreventionen_US
dc.subjectresearchen_US
dc.titleIs Participation in Head Start Associated with Less Maternal Spanking for Boys and Girls?en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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