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Attitudes mediate the intergenerational transmission of corporal punishment in China
Institution:1. Key Laboratory of Learning and Cognition, Research Center for Child Development, Department of Psychology, Capital Normal University, Beijing, PR China;2. Research Center for Child Development, College of Elementary Education, Capital Normal University, Beijing, 100048, PR China;1. Beijing Key Laboratory of Learning and Cognition, Research Center for Child Development, School of Psychology, Capital Normal University, China;2. Research Center for Child Development, College of Elementary Education, Capital Normal University, No.105 Xisan Huan Beilu, Beijing, 100048, China;1. Duke University, Box 90545, Durham, NC 27708, USA;2. UNICEF, 3 UN Plaza, New York, NY 10017, USA;3. Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 6705 Rockledge Drive, Rockville, MD 20817, USA;4. University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 441 Tobin Hall, Amherst, MA 01003, USA;5. Arizona State University, 951 S. Cady Mall, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA;1. Research and Action in Public Health, Kathmandu, Nepal;2. School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia;3. Kathmandu School of Law, Bhaktapur, Nepal;4. Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia;1. Center for Child and Family Policy, Duke University, Durham, NC;2. Department of Psychology, Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, VA;4. School of Social and Family Dynamics, Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ;1. Faculty of Psychology, 7th Floor, Borommaratchachonnani Srisattaphat Building, 254 Phayathai Road, Pathumwan, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand;2. School of Psychology, The University of Queensland, Queensland, 4072, Australia;3. Institute for Teaching and Learning Innovation, The University of Queensland, Queensland, 4072, Australia
Abstract:This research aimed to examine the intergenerational transmission of corporal punishment and the role of parents’ attitudes toward corporal punishment in the transmission processes in Chinese societies. Based on social-cognitive theory, it was hypothesized that parents' attitudes toward corporal punishment would mediate the transmission of corporal punishment. Seven hundred and eighty-five fathers and eight hundred and eleven mothers with elementary school-age children (data collected in winter 2009) were recruited through convenience sampling techniques. The Chinese version of Parent-Child Conflict Tactics Scale (CTSPC) and Attitude toward Physical Punishment Scale (ATPP) were used as the main assessment tools to measure parents' corporal punishment experiences in childhood, current use of corporal punishment and attitudes toward corporal punishment. Findings revealed that the strength of intergenerational transmission of corporal punishment was strong and parents' attitudes toward corporal punishment played a mediating role in the continuity of corporal punishment for both fathers and mothers in China. The findings highlighted the role of attitudes in the intergenerational transmission of corporal punishment within the Chinese cultural context and also suggested the need for intervention programs to focus on modification of maladaptive attitudes toward what is appropriate and effective discipline.
Keywords:Corporal punishment  Intergenerational transmission  Attitudes toward corporal punishment  Chinese
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