Applying the Integrative Model to Predict Intention to Use Corporal Punishment Among Low-income Parents
| Autor: | Hue Trong Duong |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Leverage (finance) Public health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Context (language use) Intention to use medicine.disease Structural equation modeling Developmental psychology Child physical abuse Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Communication Intervention medicine Psychology Corporal punishment |
| Zdroj: | Health Education & Behavior. 50:250-259 |
| ISSN: | 1552-6127 1090-1981 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/10901981211052881 |
| Popis: | Child corporal punishment (CP) is associated with child physical abuse, which is a public health problem in the United States. Informed by the integrative model of behavioral prediction, this study surveyed low-income Black, Hispanic, and White parents who had children younger than 6 years old ( N = 260) to identify major risk factors that determined intention to use CP to discipline children. Structural equation modeling revealed that attitudes, descriptive norms, and perceived efficacy of alternative discipline strategies were associated with intention to use CP. Additionally, parents’ childhood CP frequency and past use of CP with their own children were influential distal variables that indirectly predicted CP intention. Results indicated the utility of the model in this behavioral context. Communication intervention programs targeting low-income parents should leverage perceived norms, perceived efficacy of alternative discipline strategies, and attitudes to change CP behavior. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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