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Robert G. Wahler

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The mothering of conduct problem and normal children in Spain and the USA: authoritarian and permissive asynchrony.

2005

Ninety-two clinic-referred and nonclinical mother-child dyads in Spain and the USA were observed in their home settings under naturalistic conditions for a total of 477 hours. Children in the clinic-referred dyads were considered troubled because of conduct problems. The observations were aimed at assessing two forms of mother-child asynchrony, either of which was expected to differentiate clinic referred from nonclinical dyads. Authoritarian asynchrony was defined as a mother's indiscriminate use of aversive reactions to her child, whereas the permissive form entailed indiscriminate positive reactions. Results showed the American mothers to generate more permissive asynchrony, whereas the …

Cross-Cultural ComparisonMalePermissivenessLinguistics and LanguageAdolescentChild Behavior DisordersAuthoritarianismLanguage and LinguisticsDevelopmental psychologyNaturalistic observationCultural diversitymedicineParenting stylesHumansPermissiveChildGeneral PsychologyParentingSocial environmentmedicine.diseaseCross-cultural studiesSocial relationMother-Child RelationsUnited StatesConduct disorderSpainChild PreschoolFemalePsychologyReinforcement PsychologyThe Spanish journal of psychology
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The Mothering of Conduct Problem and Normal Children in Spain and the USA: Authoritarian and Permissive Asynchrony

2005

Ninety-two clinic-referred and nonclinical mother-child dyads in Spain and the USA were observed in their home settings under naturalistic conditions for a total of 477 hours. Children in the clinic-referred dyads were considered troubled because of conduct problems. The observations were aimed at assessing two forms of mother-child asynchrony, either of which was expected to differentiate clinic referred from nonclinical dyads. Authoritarian asynchrony was defined as a mother’s indiscriminate use of aversive reactions to her child, whereas the permissive form entailed indiscriminate positive reactions. Results showed the American mothers to generate more permissive asynchrony, whereas the …

SOC IIIAsynchronyAsynchrony; Conduct-problem children; Naturalistic observation; SOC IIINaturalistic observationConduct-problem childrenUNESCO::PSICOLOGÍA::Psicología del niño y del adolescente::Otras:PSICOLOGÍA::Psicología del niño y del adolescente::Otras [UNESCO]
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