These findings extend prior research on the processes through which socioeconomic deprivation severity and family functioning impact maternal harsh discipline within a high - risk sample of low - income families. (link.springer.com)
However, analyses have shown that youths from the high - risk sample reported more delinquent behavior than the professional caregivers from their institutions [16]. (capmh.biomedcentral.com)
In contrast to many previous studies that were based on high risk samples, this study was performed in a large general - population sample. (link.springer.com)