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Title Prevalence of and factors contributing to violent discipline in families and its association with violent discipline by teachers and peer violence
Full text https://pub.uni-bielefeld.de/record/2967249
Date 2022
Author(s) Masath, Faustine Bwire; Nkuba, Mabula; Hecker, Tobias ; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9272-0512
Abstract Masath FB, Nkuba M, Hecker T. Prevalence of and factors contributing to violent discipline in families and its association with violent discipline by teachers and peer violence. <em> Child Abuse Review</em>. 2022: e2799. - Using a multi-informant approach, we assessed 914 children (mean age = 12.58 years, standard deviation [SD] = 1.43) and 893 caregivers (98.3 per cent female, mean age = 40.07 years, SD = 11.46) in Tanzania. Results showed that 93.3 per cent (n = 828/893) of caregivers reported using violent discipline, while 91.0 per cent (n = 832/914) of the children experienced it in their families. Further, 95.0 per cent (n = 868/914) and 93.7 per cent (n = 853/914) of students experienced violent discipline by teachers and peer violence at school, respectively. In a multilevel path model, children's mental health problems (standardised regression coefficient [beta] = 0.192 [CI: 0.130, 0.255], p < 0.001) were associated with their experience of violent discipline in families. Caregivers' own childhood experience of violent discipline (beta = 0.169 [CI: 0.105, 0.232], p < 0.001), their positive attitudes towards violent discipline (beta = 0.228 [CI: 0.166, 0.290], p < 0.001) and mental health problems (beta = 0.175 [CI: 0.113, 0.237], p < 0.001) were associated with their use of violent discipline. Violent discipline in families significantly correlated with violent discipline by teachers (correlation coefficient [r] = 0.413 [CI: 0.354, 0.472], p < 0.001) and peer violence (r = 0.354 [CI: 0.294, 0.415], p < 0.001) implying children's polyvictimisation.
Subject(s) family violence; mental health; attitudes towards violence; peer; violence; polyvictimisation; school violence; violent discipline
Language eng
Publisher Wiley
Relation info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1002/car.2799; info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/issn/0952-9136; info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/issn/1099-0852; info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/wos/000881909000001
Type of publication http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501; info:eu-repo/semantics/article; doc-type:article; text
Rights info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
Repository Bielefeld - University of Bielefeld
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