How are parental practices and attitudes towards corporal punishment related to child academic, developmental, or psychological-emotional dysfunctioning?

Autor: Grujicic R; Institute of Mental Health, Milana Kasanina 3, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia., Toskovic O; Laboratory for Experimental Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia., Lazarević LB; Institute of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia., Mandic-Maravic V; Institute of Mental Health, Milana Kasanina 3, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia.; Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia., Mitkovic-Voncina M; Institute of Mental Health, Milana Kasanina 3, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia.; Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia., Radanović A; Institute for Educational Research, Belgrade, Serbia., Radosavljev-Kircanski J; Institute of Mental Health, Milana Kasanina 3, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia., Videnović M; Institute of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia., Pekmezovic T; Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia., Pejovic Milovancevic M; Institute of Mental Health, Milana Kasanina 3, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia. milica.pejovic@imh.org.rs.; Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia. milica.pejovic@imh.org.rs.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: European child & adolescent psychiatry [Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry] 2023 Nov; Vol. 32 (11), pp. 2175-2185. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Aug 10.
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-022-02061-z
Abstrakt: Corporal punishment (CP) is a widely spread disciplining practice among parents and caregivers globally. Our paper aimed to explore the relationship between the parental attitudes towards CP, expected outcomes of CP, and parenting practices on one hand, with the reported dysfunctions of their children, on the other. Additionally, we aimed to explore the relationship between the use of CP and the reported academic, developmental, and psychological-emotional dysfunctions of their children. The present study involved a nationally representative sample of 1186 parents in Serbia, who had at least one child aged 0-18 years at the moment of interviewing. The parents filled out a series of questionnaires on their attitudes towards CP, expectations of CP outcomes, and their parental practices. Findings indicate that parents that report having a child with dysfunctions have positive attitudes towards CP and expect positive outcomes of CP. These parents also report using more CP as a disciplining method, as well as other harsh disciplining practices. We also identified parental positive expectations of CP, use of physical assault, psychological aggression, neglect as significant predictors of reported child dysfunctions severity. Having all the results in mind, we can assume that children with health-related and school-related issues might be at potential risk of further maltreatment.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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