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Individual, family, and culture level contributions to child physical abuse and neglect: A longitudinal study in nine countries.

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Lansford, JE; Godwin, J; Uribe Tirado, LM; Zelli, A; Al-Hassan, SM; Bacchini, D; Bombi, AS; Bornstein, MH; Chang, L; Deater-Deckard, K ...
Published in: Development and psychopathology
November 2015

This study advances understanding of predictors of child abuse and neglect at multiple levels of influence. Mothers, fathers, and children (N = 1,418 families, M age of children = 8.29 years) were interviewed annually in three waves in 13 cultural groups in nine countries (China, Colombia, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Philippines, Sweden, Thailand, and the United States). Multilevel models were estimated to examine predictors of (a) within-family differences across the three time points, (b) between-family within-culture differences, and (c) between-cultural group differences in mothers' and fathers' reports of corporal punishment and children's reports of their parents' neglect. These analyses addressed to what extent mothers' and fathers' use of corporal punishment and children's perceptions of their parents' neglect were predicted by parents' belief in the necessity of using corporal punishment, parents' perception of the normativeness of corporal punishment in their community, parents' progressive parenting attitudes, parents' endorsement of aggression, parents' education, children's externalizing problems, and children's internalizing problems at each of the three levels. Individual-level predictors (especially child externalizing behaviors) as well as cultural-level predictors (especially normativeness of corporal punishment in the community) predicted corporal punishment and neglect. Findings are framed in an international context that considers how abuse and neglect are defined by the global community and how countries have attempted to prevent abuse and neglect.

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Development and psychopathology

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EISSN

1469-2198

ISSN

0954-5794

Publication Date

November 2015

Volume

27

Issue

4 Pt 2

Start / End Page

1417 / 1428

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Thailand
  • Sweden
  • Physical Abuse
  • Philippines
  • Parents
  • Parenting
  • Parent-Child Relations
  • Male
  • Longitudinal Studies
 

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Lansford, J. E., Godwin, J., Uribe Tirado, L. M., Zelli, A., Al-Hassan, S. M., Bacchini, D., … Peña Alampay, L. (2015). Individual, family, and culture level contributions to child physical abuse and neglect: A longitudinal study in nine countries. Development and Psychopathology, 27(4 Pt 2), 1417–1428. https://doi.org/10.1017/s095457941500084x
Lansford, Jennifer E., Jennifer Godwin, Liliana Maria Uribe Tirado, Arnaldo Zelli, Suha M. Al-Hassan, Dario Bacchini, Anna Silvia Bombi, et al. “Individual, family, and culture level contributions to child physical abuse and neglect: A longitudinal study in nine countries.Development and Psychopathology 27, no. 4 Pt 2 (November 2015): 1417–28. https://doi.org/10.1017/s095457941500084x.
Lansford JE, Godwin J, Uribe Tirado LM, Zelli A, Al-Hassan SM, Bacchini D, et al. Individual, family, and culture level contributions to child physical abuse and neglect: A longitudinal study in nine countries. Development and psychopathology. 2015 Nov;27(4 Pt 2):1417–28.
Lansford, Jennifer E., et al. “Individual, family, and culture level contributions to child physical abuse and neglect: A longitudinal study in nine countries.Development and Psychopathology, vol. 27, no. 4 Pt 2, Nov. 2015, pp. 1417–28. Epmc, doi:10.1017/s095457941500084x.
Lansford JE, Godwin J, Uribe Tirado LM, Zelli A, Al-Hassan SM, Bacchini D, Bombi AS, Bornstein MH, Chang L, Deater-Deckard K, Di Giunta L, Dodge KA, Malone PS, Oburu P, Pastorelli C, Skinner AT, Sorbring E, Tapanya S, Peña Alampay L. Individual, family, and culture level contributions to child physical abuse and neglect: A longitudinal study in nine countries. Development and psychopathology. 2015 Nov;27(4 Pt 2):1417–1428.
Journal cover image

Published In

Development and psychopathology

DOI

EISSN

1469-2198

ISSN

0954-5794

Publication Date

November 2015

Volume

27

Issue

4 Pt 2

Start / End Page

1417 / 1428

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Thailand
  • Sweden
  • Physical Abuse
  • Philippines
  • Parents
  • Parenting
  • Parent-Child Relations
  • Male
  • Longitudinal Studies