Research article summary (published 30 Aug 2009):

The intergenerational transmission of parenting: introduction to the special section.

Full Abstract

Long-standing interest in the intergenerational transmission of parenting has stimulated work focused on child maltreatment, harsh parenting, and warm-supportive rearing. In addition to documenting significant, even if modest, continuity in parenting across generations, research in this area has addressed questions of mediation and moderation. This special section extends work in this general area, with 2 studies further chronicling intergenerational transmission and 3 further illuminating mechanisms through which parenting in 1 generation is repeated in a subsequent generation. Lacking, however, is high-quality work highlighting the conditions under which parenting is not transmitted across generations. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2009 APA, all rights reserved).

Author information

Author/s: Belsky, Jay (J); Conger, Rand (R); Capaldi, Deborah M (DM);

Affiliation: Institute for the Study of Children, Families and Social Issues, Birkbeck University of London, 7 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3RA, United Kingdom. j.belsky(-atsign-)bbk.ac.uk

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Introductory Journal Article

Journal: Developmental psychology (Dev Psychol), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2009-Sep; vol 45 (issue 5) : pp 1201-4

Dates: Created 2009/08/25; Completed 2009/11/17;

PMID: 19702385, status: MEDLINE (last retrieved date: 11/17/2009)

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Adolescent Adult Child Child Behavior Child, Preschool Female Humans

Humans Intergenerational Relations Male Negotiating Parent-Child Relations Parenting Young Adult

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