Not exact matches
Some parents resort to spanking
because their kids are particularly aggressive or defiant, which means the causation is
bidirectional: Child aggression can trigger spanking, and spanking can make kids more aggressive (Barnes et al 2013).
(B) Genetic / constitutional factors: while it has generally been assumed that associations between maternal depression and poor child outcome arise
because of the impact of maternal factors on the child, recent research has highlighted the fact that relations between parents and their children are
bidirectional in their influence.24 The possibility therefore needs to be addressed that poor child outcome, parenting difficulties, and even maternal depression itself may all be influenced by infant factors.
In addition, a transactional model examined the
bidirectional relationships among internalizing and externalizing symptoms and harsh parenting
because they may cascade over time in this early period.