Research findings can change attitudes about corporal punishment

Holden, George W.; Brown, Alan S.; Baldwin, Austin S.; Caderao, Kathryn Croft

doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2013.10.013

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“…There are a number of practical avenues for practitioners and clinicians who are interested in helping parents reduce spanking. One recent study showed that exposing parents to research findings on spanking can reduce positive attitudes toward the use of spanking (Holden, Brown, Baldwin, & Caderao, 2013), suggesting that simply educating parents about the research findings may be an effective first step for reducing use of corporal punishment. Pediatricians are a trusted source of advice on discipline, and another promising approach to reduce spanking is through the use of parent education in health care settings.…”

Section: Approaches To Reduce Spankingmentioning

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Wait until your father gets home? Mother's and fathers’ spanking and development of child aggression

Lee

Altschul

Gershoff

2015

Children and Youth Services Review

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a b s t r a c t Keywords: Corporal punishment Physical punishment Fatherhood Child/ parent relationship Parental discipline Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing StudyThis study examined whether fathers' and mothers' spanking contributed to development of child aggression in the first 5 years of life. We selected parents (N =1,298) who were married or cohabiting across all waves of data collection. Cross-lagged path models examined fathers', mothers', and both parents' within-time and longitudinal associations between spanking and child aggression when the child was 1, 3, and 5 years of age. Results indicated that mothers spanked more than fathers. When examining fathers only, fathers' spanking was not associated with subsequent child aggression. When examining both parents concurrently, only mothers' spanking was predictive of subsequent child aggression. We found no evidence of multiplicative effects when testing interactions examining whether frequent spanking by either fathers or mothers was predictive of increases in children's aggression. This study suggests that the processes linking spanking to child aggression differ for mothers and fathers.

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Section: Approaches To Reduce Spankingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Wait until your father gets home? Mother's and fathers’ spanking and development of child aggression

Lee

Altschul

Gershoff

2015

Children and Youth Services Review

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“…Educating staff about the empirical research on the adverse effects of hitting children may improve staff attitudes toward intervening. Some research has found that increasing knowledge about the ineffectiveness and harmfulness of physical punishment decreases approval of physical punishment 19,20 , and attitudes toward physical punishment are strongly correlated with attitudes toward intervening in our sample.…”

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Staff Responses When Parents Hit Children in a Hospital Setting

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Gershoff

Taylor

et al. 2016

J Dev Behav Pediatr

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Objective Physical punishment of children is a prevalent practice that is condemned by most medical professionals given its link with increased risk of child physical abuse and other adverse child outcomes. This study examined the prevalence of parent-to-child hitting in medical settings and the intervention behaviors of staff who witness it. Method Staff at a children's medical center and a general medical center completed a voluntary, anonymous survey. We used descriptive statistics to examine differences in the experiences of physicians, nurses, and other medical staff. We used logistic regression to predict intervention behaviors among staff who witnessed parent-to-child hitting. Results Of the hospital staff who completed the survey (N=2,863), we found that 50% of physicians, 24% of nurses, 27% of other direct care staff, and 17% of non-direct care staff witnessed parent-to-child hitting at their medical center in the past year. A majority of physicians, nurses and other direct care staff reported intervening sometimes or always. Non-direct care staff rarely intervened. Believing staff have the responsibility to intervene and having comfortable strategies with which to intervene were strongly predictive of intervention behavior. Staff who did not intervene commonly reported that they did not know how to respond. Conclusion Many medical center staff witness parent-to-child hitting. Although some of the staff reported that they intervened when they witnessed this behavior, the findings indicate that staff may need training to identify when and how they should respond.

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“…In addition, many parenting interventions have incorporated components designed to change beliefs and behaviors related to corporal punishment and alternate forms of discipline (Holden et al, 2014; Reich et al, 2012). Using these kinds of public awareness and intervention programs in conjunction with legal changes appears to offer the most success for changes in beliefs and behaviors (Bussmann et al, 2011).…”

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“…In a study of beliefs and behaviors of mothers and fathers in China, Colombia, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, the Philippines, Sweden, Thailand, and the United States, parents who positively evaluated aggressive responses to child misbehaviors in hypothetical vignettes were more likely to report using corporal punishment with their own children one year later (Lansford et al, 2014). Interventions aimed at reducing parents’ use of corporal punishment often include componentsfocused on changing parents’ beliefs about the effectiveness and appropriateness of corporal punishment as a prelude to teaching them how to implement more child-friendly approaches to discipline (Holden, Brown, Baldwin, & Croft Caderao, 2014; Reich, Penner, Duncan, & Auger, 2012). …”

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confidence: 99%

Change over time in parents’ beliefs about and reported use of corporal punishment in eight countries with and without legal bans

Lansford

Cappa

Putnick

et al. 2017

Child Abuse & Neglect

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Stopping violence against children is prioritized in goal 16 of the Sustainable Development Goals adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 2015. All forms of child corporal punishment have been outlawed in 49 countries to date. Using data from 56,371 caregivers in eight countries that participated in UNICEF’s Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey, we examined change from Time 1 (2005–6) to Time 2 (2008–13) in national rates of corporal punishment of 2- to 14-year-old children and in caregivers’ beliefs regarding the necessity of using corporal punishment. One of the participating countries outlawed corporal punishment prior to Time 1 (Ukraine), one outlawed corporal punishment between Times 1 and 2 (Togo), two outlawed corporal punishment after Time 2 (Albania and Macedonia), and four have not outlawed corporal punishment as of 2016 (Central African Republic, Kazakhstan, Montenegro, and Sierra Leone). Rates of reported use of corporal punishment and belief in its necessity decreased over time in three countries; rates of reported use of severe corporal punishment decreased in four countries. Continuing use of corporal punishment and belief in the necessity of its use in some countries despite legal bans suggest that campaigns to promote awareness of legal bans and to educate parents regarding alternate forms of discipline are worthy of international attention and effort along with legal bans themselves.

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Research findings can change attitudes about corporal punishment

Cited by 91 publications

References 29 publications

Wait until your father gets home? Mother's and fathers’ spanking and development of child aggression

Wait until your father gets home? Mother's and fathers’ spanking and development of child aggression

Staff Responses When Parents Hit Children in a Hospital Setting

Change over time in parents’ beliefs about and reported use of corporal punishment in eight countries with and without legal bans

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