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Journal of abnormal child psychology
08, 2016;44 (6): 1097-109.

Intergenerational Transmission of Maladaptive Parenting Strategies in Families of Adolescent Mothers: Effects from Grandmothers to Young Children.

Danielle M Seay, Laudan B Jahromi, Adriana J Umaña-Taylor, Kimberly A Updegraff
Author Information
  1. Danielle M Seay: T. Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics, Program in Family and Human Development, Arizona State University, P.O. Box 873701, Tempe, AZ, 85287, USA. Danielle.Seay@asu.edu.
  2. Laudan B Jahromi: Teachers College, Columbia University, 525 W. 120th Street, Box 223, New York, NY, 10027, USA.
  3. Adriana J Umaña-Taylor: T. Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics, Program in Family and Human Development, Arizona State University, P.O. Box 873701, Tempe, AZ, 85287, USA.
  4. Kimberly A Updegraff: T. Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics, Program in Family and Human Development, Arizona State University, P.O. Box 873701, Tempe, AZ, 85287, USA.
PMID: 26521948 DOI: 10.1007/s10802-015-0091-y

Abstract

The current longitudinal study examined the effect of the transmission of maladaptive parenting strategies from grandmothers to adolescent mothers on children's subsequent development. Mexican-origin adolescent mothers (N = 204) participated in home interviews when the adolescent's child (89 boys, 60 girls) was 2, 3, 4, and 5 years old. Grandmothers' psychological control toward the adolescent mother was positively related to adolescents' potential for abuse 1 year later, which was subsequently positively related to adolescents' punitive discipline toward their young child. In addition, adolescent mothers' punitive discipline subsequently predicted greater externalizing problems and less committed compliance among their children. Adolescent mothers' potential for abuse and punitive discipline mediated the effects of grandmothers' psychological control on children's externalizing problems. Finally, adolescent mothers' potential for abuse mediated the effect of grandmothers' psychological control on adolescent mothers' punitive discipline. Results highlight the salience of long-term intergenerational effects of maladaptive parenting on children's behavior.

Keywords

Adolescent mothers Compliance Externalizing behavior Intergenerational issues Mexican American families Parenting

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Grants

  1. R01 HD061376/NICHD NIH HHS

MeSH Term

Adolescent
Child
Child, Preschool
Family
Female
Grandparents
Humans
Intergenerational Relations
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Mother-Child Relations
Parenting
Pregnancy
Pregnancy in Adolescence
Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

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