Are there population biases against migrant children? An experimental analysis of attitudes towards corporal punishment in Austria, Norway and Spain

Helland, Hege Stein; Križ, Katrin; Sánchez‐Cabezudo, Sagrario Segado; Skivenes, Marit

doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2017.12.012

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“…Within welfare state research, there is no consistent pattern around a population's socio-demographic characteristics, and primarily this is due to the wide variety of theoretical models, methodological approaches and empirical study objects (Svallfors, 2012). Although the empirical basis is small, the same appears to be the case in studies on child protection (Berrick et al, 2019;Burns et al, 2021;Helland et al, 2018). Specifically on the issue of confidence and CPS, two comparative studies have examined four and nine jurisdictions (Juhasz and Skivenes, 2017;Skivenes and Benbenishty, 2022a respectively).…”

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Legitimate child protection interventions and the dimension of confidence: A comparative analysis of populations views in six European countries

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Skivenes

2023

J. Soc. Pol.

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The legitimacy of welfare state institutions is a key question in public policy research. In this study we examine population’s confidence in child protection systems, the role of institutional context and moral alignment. Analysing representative samples of survey data (N=6,043) of citizens in six European countries (Czechia, England, Finland, Norway, Poland and Romania), we find that overall people express confidence in their child protection system. Differences between populations are correlated with institutional context, i.e. the type of child protection system in place – that is, if people live in a country with a risk-oriented system or a family service-oriented system. People’s view on their moral alignment with the system (or not) only shows minor differences in support of interventions. However, a tendency towards polarisation is detected in Finland and Norway with clear differences in support of interventions that restrict parental rights: individuals who state they are in alignment with the system favour stronger interventions than those who say they are not.

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Legitimate child protection interventions and the dimension of confidence: A comparative analysis of populations views in six European countries

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Skivenes

2023

J. Soc. Pol.

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“…Other individual factors, such as sociodemographic factors, can affect the endorsement of CP. Several studies (Dietz, 2000; Helland et al, 2018; Simons & Wurtele, 2010) indicate that having more children, lower educational attainment, age, and partnership status can affect endorsement. This study includes these sociodemographic factors in the multilevel models to identify their effects.…”

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Variations in the Acceptance of Parental Corporal Punishment of Children: What Matters?

Baniamin

2021

J Interpers Violence

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This article tries to identify people’s degree of acceptance of parental corporal punishment (CP) of children and the nature of the association of different variables, particularly the value variables with such acceptance. For this purpose, the study uses data from the World Values Survey 6 (2010-2014), which is a large survey of attitudes based on representative samples from 60 different countries (around 1,200 respondents from each). This study tested five hypotheses and two subhypotheses on individuals’ acceptance of parental CP: effects of emancipative values (aspiration to autonomy and freedom), nonmasculine values, religiousness, people’s dissatisfaction with life in general, and more specifically, dissatisfaction with financial and health conditions and national bans on CP. The findings show that the higher level presence of emancipative values and nonmasculine values are associated with lower support for CP. The study also finds that a number of sociodemographic variables affect the endorsement of CP; on the one hand, people with higher age and lower social classes (subjective) tend to express less support for CP, whereas on the other, people with no partners (divorced/separated/widowed/single) and men tend to express higher support for the use of parental CP. The identification of these associations can help us to develop more effective policies to address the problem of CP.

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“…Many of these focus on decision-making and responses of child-protection workers to potential or suspected child maltreatment (Benbenishty et al, 2015; Berrick, Dickens, Poso, & Skivenes, 2017; Kriz & Skivenes, 2014; Meysen & Kelly, 2018; Skivenes & Stenberg, 2015). Regarding caregiver views on what behaviors constitute child maltreatment, the cross-national literature has focused largely on discipline, physical abuse, and corporal punishment (Ellonen, Lucas, Tindberg, & Janson, 2017; Helland, Križ, Sánchez-Cabezudo, & Skivenes, 2018; Skinner et al, 2014; Son, Lee, Ahn, & Doan, 2017).…”

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Caregivers’ Perceptions and Attitudes Toward Child Maltreatment: a Pilot Case Study in Tel Aviv, Israel, and Cleveland, USA

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Nadan

Kaye-Tzadok

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Int. Journal on Child Malt.

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The purpose of this pilot cross-national study was to uncover similarities and differences in three areas that might affect the development of community-based programs targeting child maltreatment: behaviors considered to be maltreatment, perceived contributors to maltreatment, and whether the government or neighbors can do anything about maltreatment. Data were obtained from two neighborhood-based, cross-sectional surveys of adult caregivers of minors: one in Cleveland, USA, the other in Tel Aviv, Israel. The sample consisted of a total of 120 caregivers, in each city 20 residing in a low-SES neighborhood, 20 in a medium-SES neighborhood, and 20 in an elevated-SES neighborhood. Participants were asked (a) to provide three examples of behaviors they considered to be child abuse, (b) to rate the degree to which each of 13 factors contribute to child maltreatment, and (c) to rate the degree to which they agreed with a range of attitudes about maltreatment. The same coding scheme was used in both sites. Logistic regression analyses assessed city differences in dichotomous outcomes, while linear regression analyses assessed city differences in ratings of continuous outcomes. Analyses adjusted for individual and neighborhood characteristics, and accounted for residential clustering in neighborhoods. Primary results indicated that residence in Tel Aviv was associated with greater odds of citing emotional/psychological abuse compared to Cleveland residents. Also compared to Cleveland residents, Tel Aviv residents (a) viewed family structure, family values, religion, child-raising knowledge, and personal history of maltreatment as contributing less to maltreatment, (b) were less likely to agree that anyone could abuse a child or that spanking is necessary, and (c) had substantially greater odds of endorsing the government’s ability to address child maltreatment. Concerning study implications, this investigation demonstrated the importance of context in shaping constructions of child maltreatment and the need for caution in replicating interventions without due consideration of potential differences in context, policy, and public opinion.

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Are there population biases against migrant children? An experimental analysis of attitudes towards corporal punishment in Austria, Norway and Spain

Cited by 8 publications

References 24 publications

Legitimate child protection interventions and the dimension of confidence: A comparative analysis of populations views in six European countries

Legitimate child protection interventions and the dimension of confidence: A comparative analysis of populations views in six European countries

Variations in the Acceptance of Parental Corporal Punishment of Children: What Matters?

Caregivers’ Perceptions and Attitudes Toward Child Maltreatment: a Pilot Case Study in Tel Aviv, Israel, and Cleveland, USA

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