Question

After thoroughly reading this article: “Deater-Deckard, K., Dodge, K. A., Bates, J. E., & Pettit, G. S. (1996). Physical discipline among African American and European American mothers: Links to children's externalizing behaviors. Developmental Psychology, 32, 1065-1072.”

Please, identify and critique the following:

The research design

The sampling technique

The threats to validity

The measurements

The ethical issues

Abstract

The aim of this study was to test whether the relation between physical discipline and child aggression was moderated by ethnic-group status. A sample of 466 European American and 100 African American children from a broad range of socioeconomic levels were followed from kindergarten through 3rd grade. Mothers reported their use of physical discipline in interviews and questionnaires, and mothers, teachers, and peers rated children's externalizing problems annually. The interaction between ethnic status and discipline was significant for teacher- and peer-rated externalizing scores; physical discipline was associated with higher externalizing scores, but only among European American children. These findings provide evidence that the link between physical punishment and child aggression may be culturally specific. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)

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Answer 1

Here, the research design is descrptive as there is a survey of 466 European American and 100 African American children take place and schedule and questionnaire are constructed.

The sampling techniques is survey sampling as a survey of altogether 566 children are going on.

There is a great threat to validty of the data as there is some chance that the respondent may give not proper information.so to get proper and effective observations surveyed should have proper knowledge of data . questionnaire should be prespprein such a way that it not affect the traditions of the respondent.

After collecting information that is after collecting data surveyed should use proper statistics and then apply the statistical tools in order to get result nad then make a proper statistical analysis and then conclude the whole results that either physical punishment and child aggression may be culturally specific or not.

The ethical issue here is the descipline and the preconventions of their parents or their traditional thinking how they behave with their children,how much time they spent with their children.how they tell their children to behave with others..These all factors are responsible for the link between physical punishment and child aggression are culturally specific.