Physical punishment: Sanctioned violence against children

Forbes, David

doi:10.1111/jpc.13530

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“…Chinese parents should be aware that physical punishment is one form of family violence. The cumulative number of countries that have prohibited physical punishment on children as of 2017 is more than 50 countries [ 55 ]. Accordingly, the study suggested that the authorities could prohibit physical punishment on children to not only maintain children’s physical and mental health, but also to prevent future violence perpetration and victimization.…”

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The Interrelationship between Family Violence, Adolescent Violence, and Adolescent Violent Victimization: An Application and Extension of the Cultural Spillover Theory in China

Xia¹,

Li²,

Liu³

2018

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The current study is the first study to emphasize family systems, violent norms, and violent peer association as three domains of the social environment that influence both adolescent violent offending and victimization among Chinese adolescents using a longitudinal sample. Under the framework of cultural spillover theory, the purpose of the current study was to explore how these three factors influenced adolescent violent offending and victimization. A total of 1192 middle and high school students were randomly selected from one of the largest cities in Southwest China. Structural equation model analysis was applied to investigate the direct and indirect effect of violence in the family system on violent offending and victimization. The results indicated that violent offending and victimization overlapped among Chinese adolescents. Violent peer association and acceptance of the violence norm fully mediated the effect of violence in the family system on violent offending, and partially mediated the effect of violence in the family system on violent victimization. In conclusion, adolescents who had experienced violence in their family system were more likely to be exposed to violent peer influences and to accept violent norms, which increased the likelihood of violence perpetration and victimization later in their life.

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The Interrelationship between Family Violence, Adolescent Violence, and Adolescent Violent Victimization: An Application and Extension of the Cultural Spillover Theory in China

Xia¹,

Li²,

Liu³

2018

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“…It provides that parents, guardians or anyone in charge of caring for subjects under the age of eighteen should be penalized if they use physical punishment, cruel or degrading treatment as a means of correction, discipline, education or for any other reason (14) . In other nations, such as New Zealand, physical aggression, as well as all other expressions of violence against children and adolescents, is unacceptable and not even tolerated by any form of verbal aggression such as insults and name calling (15) .…”

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Expressions of domestic violence against adolescents: Educators’ speeches

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Objectives: to describe the expressions recognized by domestic violence educators experienced by school adolescents. Methods: it is a qualitative study based on Paulo Freire’s liberating pedagogy. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 20 teachers from a public elementary school in the city of Salvador, state of Bahia, Brazil. The data were systematized through the Discourse of the Collective Subject. Results: collective discourse reveals that educators identify schoolchildren who experience physical, psychological and negligent abuse, being denied even love and affection. Conclusions: although not alluding to sexual abuse, educators recognize that students are inserted in the context of domestic violence, knowledge necessary for the development of actions that enable the exit of the student from the oppressed and overcoming the lived experience.

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“…Corporal punishment advocates distinguish this parenting strategy from physical abuse with claims that it is decidedly beneficial to child development (Larzelere, ). Critics characterize corporal punishment as an ineffective form of socially sanctioned physical abuse (Forbes, ). While, enjoying broad historic support around the world, corporal punishment has been implicated increasingly as a developmental contributor to aggression and maladjustment (Gershoff, , ).…”

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Differentiating corporal punishment from physical abuse in the prediction of lifetime aggression

King

Ratzak

Ballantyne

et al. 2018

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Corporal punishment and parental physical abuse often co-occur during upbringing, making it difficult to differentiate their selective impacts on psychological functioning. Associations between corporal punishment and a number of lifetime aggression indicators were examined in this study after efforts to control the potential influence of various forms of co-occurring maltreatment (parental physical abuse, childhood sexual abuse, sibling abuse, peer bullying, and observed parental violence). College students (N = 1,136) provided retrospective self-reports regarding their history of aggression and levels of exposure to childhood corporal punishment and maltreatment experiences. Analyses focused on three hypotheses: 1) The odds of experiencing childhood physical abuse would be higher among respondents reporting frequent corporal punishment during upbringing; 2) Corporal punishment scores would predict the criterion aggression indices after control of variance associated with childhood maltreatment; 3) Aggression scores would be higher among respondents classified in the moderate and elevated corporal punishment risk groups. Strong support was found for the first hypothesis since the odds of childhood physical abuse recollections were higher (OR = 65.3) among respondents who experienced frequent (>60 total disciplinary acts) corporal punishment during upbringing. Partial support was found for the second and third hypotheses. Dimensional and categorical corporal punishment scores were associated significantly with half of the criterion measures. These findings support efforts to dissuade reliance on corporal punishment to manage child behavior.

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Physical punishment: Sanctioned violence against children

Abstract: Australian society continues to support physical punishment of children and is currently conducting a Royal Commission unto violence against children in custody. By contrast, New Zealand has banned physical punishment of children. Australian society needs to address this issue.

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The Interrelationship between Family Violence, Adolescent Violence, and Adolescent Violent Victimization: An Application and Extension of the Cultural Spillover Theory in China

The Interrelationship between Family Violence, Adolescent Violence, and Adolescent Violent Victimization: An Application and Extension of the Cultural Spillover Theory in China

Expressions of domestic violence against adolescents: Educators’ speeches

Differentiating corporal punishment from physical abuse in the prediction of lifetime aggression

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