The present meta-analysis integrates research from 1,435 studies on associations of
parenting dimensions and styles with externalizing symptoms in children and adolescents …

Childhood multiple risk factor exposure exceeds the adverse developmental impacts of
singular exposures. Multiple risk factor exposure may also explain why sociodemographic …

Latino families face multiple stressors associated with adjusting to United States mainstream
culture that, along with poverty and residence in inner-city communities, may further …

This article summarizes concepts, methods, cross‐cultural evidence, and implications of
parental acceptance‐rejection theory (PARTheory). The theory focuses primarily on parental …

Our basic premise remains the same—communication processes create and reflect family
systems and family identity. Relying on a range of theoretical perspectives, we examine the …

Using social information processing and cultural change models as explanatory frameworks,
this article reviews the literature on Latino parental control and its implications for child …

The relation between positive parenting, family cohesion, and child social competence was
examined among Latino families (predominantly from Mexico) who were recent immigrants …

Cross-cultural and intracultural evidence converges on the conclusion that four classes of
mental health issues are possible worldwide correlates of parental acceptance-rejection …

Using a short-term longitudinal design (6 months), this study examined cumulative
contextual risk as a predictor of effortful control (EC) and social competence in a community …

Using data from the National Early Head Start (EHS) Research and Evaluation Project (N=
1851), the current study examined relations among cumulative family and social risk …