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

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...

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Published in:Child development 2014-03, Vol.85 (2), p.513-531
Main Authors: Hendricks, Charlene, Lansford, Jennifer E., Deater-Deckard, Kirby, Bornstein, Marc H.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Aggression
Biological and medical sciences
Caregivers
Caregivers - psychology
Caring
Child
Child abuse
Child Development
Child discipline
Child psychology
Child Rearing
Child Welfare
Child, Preschool
Children
Children with disabilities
Cognition
Cognition Disorders - etiology
Cognitive Development
Corporal punishment
Correlation
Developing Countries
Developing Nations
Developmental Disabilities - etiology
Disabilities
Disability
Disabled Children - psychology
Discipline
Domestic Violence - psychology
EMPIRICAL ARTICLES
Female
Foreign Countries
Humans
Hypothesis Testing
Language Acquisition
Language development
Language Development Disorders - etiology
LDCs
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Nonviolence
Parenting
Parenting Styles
Perceptual Development
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychomotor Disorders - etiology
Psychomotor Skills
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Punishment
Punishment - psychology
Regression (Statistics)
Regression analysis
Sensation Disorders - etiology
Surveys and Questionnaires
Victimology
Violence
Young Adult
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Summary: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.
ISSN:0009-3920
1467-8624
DOI:10.1111/cdev.12132