Parenting Practices and Attitudes and the Role of Belief in Supernatural Evil: Results From a National U.S. Survey
| Autor: | Samuel Stroope, Todd W. Ferguson, Brandon C. Martinez, Brita Andercheck, Joshua C. Tom |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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060303 religions & theology
media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences 050109 social psychology 06 humanities and the arts 0603 philosophy ethics and religion Child discipline medicine.disease Obedience Negatively associated medicine 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Psychology Partial support Social psychology Social Sciences (miscellaneous) Corporal punishment media_common |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Family Issues. 39:1616-1638 |
| ISSN: | 1552-5481 0192-513X |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0192513x17720757 |
| Popis: | Research on parenting has explored a variety of religious factors affecting child-rearing outcomes but has devoted limited attention to supernatural evil. We extend this work by examining the relationship between parents’ belief in supernatural evil and their child-rearing outcomes. We propose that parents with greater belief in supernatural evil practice “supernatural risk management,” and they use parenting orientations more closely associated with obedience and control to counter the potential influence of supernatural antagonists. Using a national survey of Americans with a multi-item index of belief in supernatural evil, we estimate models predicting five parenting outcomes: corporal punishment, using time outs, praising a child instead of disciplining, closely monitoring children, and closely monitoring children’s entertainment intake. We find partial support for our hypothesis as belief in supernatural evil is positively associated with corporal punishment, while negatively associated with believin... |
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