Caregiver preferences for physically harsh discipline of children in rural Uganda.

Autor: Satinsky EN; Center for Global Health, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.; Department of Psychology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA., Kakuhikire B; Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda., Baguma C; Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda., Cooper-Vince CE; Départment de Psychiatrie, Universitié de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland., Rasmussen JD; Department of Psychology, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA., Ashaba S; Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda., Perkins JM; Peabody College, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA., Ahereza P; Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda., Ayebare P; Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda., Kim AW; Department of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA., Puffer ES; Department of Psychology, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA., Tsai AC; Center for Global Health, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.; Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda.; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of family violence [J Fam Violence] 2024 Jul; Vol. 39 (5), pp. 861-874. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Apr 01.
DOI: 10.1007/s10896-023-00536-4
Abstrakt: Purpose: Physically harsh discipline is associated with poor developmental outcomes among children. These practices are more prevalent in areas experiencing poverty and resource scarcity, including in low- and middle-income countries. Designed to limit social desirability bias, this cross-sectional study in rural Uganda estimated caregiver preferences for physically harsh discipline; differences by caregiver sex, child sex, and setting; and associations with indicators of household economic stress and insecurity.
Method: Three-hundred-fifty adult caregivers were shown six hypothetical pictographic scenarios depicting children whining, spilling a drink, and kicking a caregiver. Girls and boys were depicted engaging in each of the three behaviors. Approximately half of the participants were shown scenes from a market setting and half were shown scenes from a household setting. For each scenario, caregivers reported the discipline strategy they would use (time out, beating, discussing, yelling, ignoring, slapping).
Results: Two thirds of the participants selected a physically harsh discipline strategy (beating, slapping) at least once. Women selected more physically harsh discipline strategies than men (b = 0.40; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.26 to 0.54). Participants shown scenes from the market selected fewer physically harsh discipline strategies than participants shown scenes from the household (b = -0.51; 95% CI, -0.69 to -0.33). Finally, caregivers selected more physically harsh discipline strategies in response to boys than girls. Indicators of economic insecurity were inconsistently associated with preferences for physically harsh discipline.
Conclusions: The high prevalence of physically harsh discipline preferences warrant interventions aimed at reframing caregivers' approaches to discipline.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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