Socialization Values and Parental Control Techniques: A Cross-Cultural Analysis of Child-Rearing

Abstract

The present study tests competing hypotheses of how parental values affect the use of child-rearing techniques. The results indicate that a value on conformity is positively associated, not only with corporal punishment (as previously demonstrated), but also with the use of lecturing and overall control. Similarly, a value on self-reliance is negatively associated with the use of those three techniques.