We’ve just published an article entitled Interactions Of Gender Inequality And Parental Discipline Predicting Child Aggression In Low- And Middle-Income Countries.
Contrary to expectations from theory, we find that parenting effects are weaker in contexts of higher gender inequality, and stronger in contexts of lower gender inequality. We recommend that interventions to improve parenting and child well being need to have a multilevel conceptualization, and to focus on both parenting and reducing gender inequality at a country level.
