American Parents' Attitudes and Beliefs About Corporal Punishment: An Integrative Literature Review

Chiocca, Ellen M.

doi:10.1016/j.pedhc.2017.01.002

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“…Then, when parents face conflict with their child, their risk to engage in PCA increases when they misperceive the situation and arrive at negative interpretations about their child's behavior before selecting aggressive responses. Pre-existing schemas such as parents' approval of using PCA as a discipline tool is a robust predictor of abuse risk and parents' actual use of PCA (Chiocca, 2017;Lansford et al, 2014;Rodriguez, Bower Russa, & Harmon, 2011). Additionally, parents who interpret their children's behavior with negative intent attributions evidence greater child abuse risk (Camilo, Vaz Garrido, & Calheiros, 2020;Haskett, Scott, Willoughby, Ahern, & Nears, 2006;Rodriguez, Cook, & Jedrziewski, 2012).…”

Section: Theoretical Issuesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…To clarify what may account for a greater inclination to respond aggressively to their children, researchers have noted that Black parents report stronger approval of PCA than White parents (see review, Chiocca, 2017) even after controlling for educational level (Su, Toure, Do, & Ramos, 2018). Black parents may also assign more responsibility to children for unsuccessful parent-child interactions (Lansford et al, 2011), and ascribe more hostile intent to children's behavior than White parents (Pinderhughes et al, 2000).…”

Section: Racial Differencesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Underlying mechanisms for racial disparities in parent-child physical and psychological aggression and child abuse risk

Rodriguez

Lee

Ward

2021

Child Abuse & Neglect

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Background: Understanding factors that contribute to parents' use of physical and psychological parent-child aggression (PCA) is critical in efforts to mitigate child maltreatment. Objective: Extant research has not adequately distinguished risk factors that may differ by race. Participants and methods: The present study investigated potential racial differences in worry, approval of PCA, justification for PCA use, negative child intent attributions, and discrimination experiences in relation to child abuse risk and physical and psychological PCA use in a sample of 292 Black (44.9 %) and White mothers. Results: As hypothesized, compared to White mothers, Black mothers demonstrated higher child abuse risk and reported more PCA use, stronger approval for using PCA, and more justification of their PCA to teach children obedience. Although Black mothers reported more discipline-relevant worry as well as more experience of discrimination, White mothers' lower trait worry related to their greater approval of PCA for discipline, which indirectly related to their abuse risk. Contrary to expectations, perceptions of greater discrimination were related to White mothers' increased child abuse risk, approval of PCA, and justification for PCA because of anger and to teach obedience-findings not observed for Black mothers. Conclusions: The current results underscore the need for additional research on the role of discrimination and the cultural context of parenting and highlight the importance of explicitly testing racial differences to develop more culturally informed abuse prevention approaches.

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Section: Theoretical Issuesmentioning

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Section: Racial Differencesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Underlying mechanisms for racial disparities in parent-child physical and psychological aggression and child abuse risk

Rodriguez

Lee

Ward

2021

Child Abuse & Neglect

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“…Just as attitudes on any aspect of parenting (such as co-sleeping, food choices, media use) are known to also vary between individuals within countries, the same is true for attitudes about parenting behaviors that can be considered maltreatment. There is evidence that parenting attitudes are predicted by parental income and educational level, parental age, and number of children (e.g., Chiocca, 2017), so in addition to cultural background, individual differences in these socio-economic factors also need to be taken into account when studying parental beliefs about what constitutes maltreatment.…”

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Crossing boundaries: A pilot study of maternal attitudes about child maltreatment in nine countries

Mesman

Branger

Woudstra

et al. 2020

Child Abuse & Neglect

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“…Several societal and parental factors are known risk factors for parental use of child CP (Chiocca 2017;Gershoff 2002). At the societal level, legal tolerance and social norms allowing the parental use of disciplinary CP are strongly associated with the prevalence of child CP (Straus 2010).…”

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The Association between Paternal Job Stress and Maternal Child Corporal Punishment: Evidence from a Population-Based Survey in Metropolitan Japan

2018

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Although child corporal punishment can lead to adverse health outcomes in children, this practice remains prevalent in Japan. This study investigates whether, under Asian family norms, fathers' job stress is a risk factor for mothers' frequent use of child corporal punishment. A study sample of 522 children ages 0 to 6 years was obtained from a population-based survey in Tokyo. Data from mothers' self-reports of maternal caretaker child corporal punishment were regressed on paternal job stress using logistic regression analysis. Covariates include child age (months), child gender, number of children in the household, maternal education, maternal adverse childhood experiences, and annual household income. Maternal psychological distress was hierarchically included in the model. Paternal job stress was significantly associated with maternal frequent use of child corporal punishment independent of maternal psychological distress and other known risk factors such as child's age, maternal education, and maternal adverse childhood experiences. The results indicate that job stress may be a risk factor for parental child corporal punishment. Employers can contribute to improving children's health and safety in the household by designing workforce policies to reduce employee's stress and by offering psychoeducational programs for parents.

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American Parents' Attitudes and Beliefs About Corporal Punishment: An Integrative Literature Review

Cited by 32 publications

References 46 publications

Underlying mechanisms for racial disparities in parent-child physical and psychological aggression and child abuse risk

Underlying mechanisms for racial disparities in parent-child physical and psychological aggression and child abuse risk

Crossing boundaries: A pilot study of maternal attitudes about child maltreatment in nine countries

The Association between Paternal Job Stress and Maternal Child Corporal Punishment: Evidence from a Population-Based Survey in Metropolitan Japan

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