@article{ref1,
title="The specificity of maternal parenting behavior and child adjustment difficulties: a study of inner-city African American families",
journal="Journal of family psychology",
year="2008",
author="Jones, Deborah J. and Forehand, Rex and Rakow, Aaron and Colletti, Christina J. M. and McKee, Laura and Zalot, Alecia",
volume="22",
number="2",
pages="181-192",
abstract="The specificity of the association between 2 parenting behaviors (warmth and supervision) and 2 indicators, aggressive behavior and depressive symptoms, of major child outcomes (externalizing problems and internalizing problems) was examined among 196 inner-city African American mothers and their school age children. Given the growing number of African American families affected by HIV/AIDS and demonstrated compromises in parenting associated with maternal infection, the moderating role of maternal HIV/AIDS was also examined. Findings from longitudinal analyses supported the specificity of maternal warmth but not of maternal supervision. Maternal warmth was a stronger predictor of decreases in child aggressive behavior than of decreases in depressive symptoms. In addition, maternal warmth was a stronger predictor of decreases in aggressive behavior than was maternal supervision. Parenting specificity was not moderated by maternal HIV/AIDS. Clinical implications and future research directions are discussed.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0893-3200",
doi="10.1037/0893-3200.22.2.181",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0893-3200.22.2.181"
}