Conservative Protestant Child Discipline: The Case of Parental Yelling

Conservative Protestant child discipline has recently become the subject of considerable social research and public controversy However, no systematic empirical evidence has been brought to bear on conservative Protestant rates of parental yelling which we view as a key indicator of an authoritarian...

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Published in:Social forces 2000-09, Vol.79 (1), p.265-290
Main Authors: Bartkowski, John P., Wilcox, W. Bradford
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Authoritarianism
Child discipline
Child Rearing
Child. Socialization
Childrearing Practices
Children
Conservatism
Conservative Protestants
Corporal punishment
Discipline
Discipline of children
Family
Parent Child Relations
Parent Child Relationship
Parenting
Parents
Parents & parenting
Protestant theology
Protestantism
Protestants
Psychological child abuse
Psychology
Punishment
Reinforcement
Religion
Religious Beliefs
Religious Factors
School age children
Shouting
Social aspects
Sociology
Sociology of the family. Age groups
Speech Communication
Theology
U.S.A
United States of America
USA
Verbal Abuse
Verbal Communication
Well-being
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Summary:Conservative Protestant child discipline has recently become the subject of considerable social research and public controversy However, no systematic empirical evidence has been brought to bear on conservative Protestant rates of parental yelling which we view as a key indicator of an authoritarian style of parenting We review parenting advice offered by conservative Protestant elites, who articulate child-rearing schemata grounded in both religious and psychological rationales for the discipline of youngsters. Notably, conservative Protestant family specialists advocate corporal punishment while discouraging the parental use of yelling at children. Data drawn from the 1987–88 National Survey of Families and Households (NSFH) indicate that conservative Protestant parents of preschoolers and school-age children are significantly less likely to report yelling at their children. Moreover, the estimated effects of denominational affiliation on the parental use of yelling are partly mediated by conservative theological views. We conclude by calling for research that analyzes the effects of the distinctive conservative Protestant approach to discipline on child well-being.
ISSN:0037-7732
1534-7605
DOI:10.1093/sf/79.1.265