Associations Between Child Disabilities and Caregiver Discipline and Violence in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

2013/07/29 by Charlene Hendricks, Jennifer E. Lansford, Kirby Deater‐Deckard +1 · 55 citations
Psychology · Social Sciences · Medicine · #Child Abuse and Trauma #Disability Rights and Representation #Intimate Partner and Family Violence #Psychology #Corporal punishment #Aggression #Child discipline #Psychological intervention #Poison control #Human factors and ergonomics #Suicide prevention #Developmental psychology #Injury prevention #Occupational safety and health #Punishment (psychology) #Clinical psychology #Social psychology #Psychiatry #Medical emergency #Medicine

paper · open access · doi:10.1111/cdev.12132

published in Child Development 85(2), 513-531 (Wiley)

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Abstract

Using nationally representative samples of 45,964 two- to nine-year-old children and their primary caregivers in 17 developing countries, this study examined the relations between children's cognitive, language, sensory, and motor disabilities and caregivers' use of discipline and violence. Primary caregivers reported on their child's disabilities and whether they or anyone in their household had used nonviolent discipline, psychological aggression, and physical violence toward the target child and believed that using corporal punishment is necessary. Logistic regression analyses supported the hypothesis that children with disabilities are treated more harshly than children without disabilities. The findings suggest that policies and interventions are needed to work toward the United Nations' goals of ensuring that children with disabilities are protected from abuse and violence.

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