...This chapter examines the influence of family on the development of childhood aggression. It considers two kinds of parenting behavior: parental discipline and the quality of the parent-child relationship. It also discusses the quality of family relationships; the role of the environment; the power...

...Parents with higher levels of depression and distress are more likely to be harsher in their parenting behavior. This leads to problems in children's emotional, behavioral, cognitive, and physical development. In this chapter, the connection between parenting behavior and the parent-child...

...This chapter discusses the link between parenting stress, parenting behavior, and children's developmental outcomes. It examines tests of potential causal influences based on longitudinal studies, experiments, and quasi-experimental designs. anxiety in parents bi directional processes depression...

...This chapter discusses the appropriateness of physical punishment of children, which has been periodically questioned despite it being widely accepted as a natural and unquestioned aspect of parenting behavior. This chapter explores the use of physical punishment from the perspective of evolved...