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Recollections of harsh discipline in childhood and depressive feelings in adulthood: The roles of culture and gender

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  • Davidov, Maayan
  • Khoury-Kassabri, Mona

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The present study examined the roles of culture and gender in the association between recollections of harsh discipline experienced during childhood and levels of depressive feelings in early adulthood. A sample of Jewish (n=250) and Arab (n=115) university students reported regarding exposure to corporal punishment and emotional aggression from each parent during childhood, and about current depressive feelings. Consistent with predictions, both culture and gender moderated the links between corporal punishment (used by either mother or father) and depression. Arab males, for whom exposure to corporal punishment might be more culturally normative, showed a different pattern than both Arab females and Jewish respondents. Moreover, culture moderated the association between emotional aggression from fathers (but not mothers) and depression. The discussion focuses on the importance of examining the effects of gender (of child and parent) in conjunction with culture, and on the complex role of cultural normativeness.

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  • Davidov, Maayan & Khoury-Kassabri, Mona, 2013. "Recollections of harsh discipline in childhood and depressive feelings in adulthood: The roles of culture and gender," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 35(6), pages 1007-1014.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:cysrev:v:35:y:2013:i:6:p:1007-1014
    DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2013.03.009
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    1. Lifshitz, Chen Chana, 2017. "Fostering employability among youth at-risk in a multi-cultural context: Insights from a pilot intervention program," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 76(C), pages 20-34.
    2. Michal N. Fass & Mona Khoury-Kassabri & Hans M. Koot, 2018. "Associations between Arab Mothers’ Self-Efficacy and Parenting Attitudes and their children’s Externalizing and Internalizing Behaviors: Gender Differences and the Mediating Role of Corporal Punishmen," Child Indicators Research, Springer;The International Society of Child Indicators (ISCI), vol. 11(4), pages 1369-1387, August.
    3. Mona Khoury-Kassabri & Edith Blit-Cohen & Mimi Ajzenstadt & Lana J. Jeries-Loulou, 2023. "Arab Youth Involvement in Delinquent Behaviors: Exploring Hirschi’s Social Bond Theory from a Qualitative Perspective," Societies, MDPI, vol. 13(5), pages 1-13, May.
    4. Khoury-Kassabri, Mona & Zadok, Iris & Eseed, Rana & T. Alexander, Vazsonyi, 2020. "Individual and familial factors as mediators and moderators of young children’s aggressive behavior," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 118(C).
    5. Ikhlas Ahmad & Judith Smetana, 2021. "Palestinian Refugee Youth in Jordan: Parental Practices, Neighborhood Cohesion and Assistance, and Adolescent Wellbeing," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(7), pages 1-11, March.

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