Violent Discipline and Parental Behavior
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World Bank, Washington, DC
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Approximately 75% of children aged 2
to 4 worldwide are regularly subjected to violent discipline
across the globe. This paper studies the impact of a
virtually-delivered intervention on positive parenting
practices in Jamaica. Short-term results indicate that the
intervention improves caregiver knowledge (0.52 SD) and
attitudes around violence (0.2 SD) and leads to meaningful
changes in caregiver disciplining behaviors, with a 0.12 SD
reduction in violence against children. Treatment children
also experience fewer emotional problems (0.17 SD).
Medium-term results (nine months later) show reductions in
caregiver depression (0.12 SD), anxiety (0.16 SD), and
parental stress (0.16 SD) for treatment caregivers. The
virtual delivery has important scalable policy implications
which could help decrease violence against children across
the globe.
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CHILD MALTREATMENT, CHILD ABUSE, VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN, E-LEARNING INTERVENTION, PARENTAL STRESS REDUCTION, DISCIPLINING BEHAVIOR, CHILD EMOTIONAL WELLBEING