dc.contributor.author | Satinsky, Emily N. | |
dc.contributor.author | Kakuhikire, Bernard | |
dc.contributor.author | Baguma, Charles | |
dc.contributor.author | Cooper‑Vince, Christine E. | |
dc.contributor.author | Rasmussen, Justin D. | |
dc.contributor.author | Ashaba, Scholastic | |
dc.contributor.author | Perkins, Jessica M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Ahereza, Phionah | |
dc.contributor.author | Ayebare, Patience | |
dc.contributor.author | Kim, Andrew W. | |
dc.contributor.author | Puffer, Eve S. | |
dc.contributor.author | C. Tsai, Alexander | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-04-12T13:34:15Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-04-12T13:34:15Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2023 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Satinsky, E. N., Kakuhikire, B., Baguma, C., Cooper-Vince, C. E., Rasmussen, J. D., Ashaba, S., ... & Tsai, A. C. (2023). Caregiver preferences for physically harsh discipline of children in rural Uganda. Journal of Family Violence, 1-14. | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://ir.must.ac.ug/xmlui/handle/123456789/2873 | |
dc.description.abstract | 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 | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | Journal of Family Violence | en_US |
dc.subject | Corporal punishment | en_US |
dc.subject | Discrete choice task | en_US |
dc.subject | Economic insecurity | en_US |
dc.subject | Physically harsh discipline | en_US |
dc.subject | Uganda | en_US |
dc.title | Caregiver preferences for physically harsh discipline of children in rural Uganda | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |