Mother–Adolescent Conflict in African American and European American Families
Abstract
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.
Citation
MacKinnon-Lewis, C., Lindsey, E.W., Frabutt, J.M., & Chambers, J.C. (2014). Mother adolescent conflict in African American and European American families: The role of corporal punishment, adolescent aggression, and adolescents’ hostile attributions of mothers’ intent. Journal of Adolescence, 37, 851-861