Violencia punitiva contra los niños: un programa psicoeducativo para reducir las prácticas de disciplina severas y maltrato a los niños en el hogar
Si bien la disciplina severa de los padres hacia los hijos es una preocupación mundial, los niños que viven en Nigeria a menudo experimentan niveles particularmente altos de disciplina severa. Restringidos por la falta de habilidades parentales para manejar eficazmente a los niños, la mayoría de los padres nigerianos dependen demasiado del uso de métodos violentos en la disciplina de sus hijos, lo que representa una gran amenaza para su bienestar y desarrollo. Dados los altos niveles de crianza severa y la falta de comprensión de sus consecuencias, nos propusimos desarrollar un programa de intervención llamado Programa de crianza psicoeducativa para prevenir la violencia contra los niños (PEPVAC), guiado por los principios psicológicos de l... Ver más
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Si bien la disciplina severa de los padres hacia los hijos es una preocupación mundial, los niños que viven en Nigeria a menudo experimentan niveles particularmente altos de disciplina severa. Restringidos por la falta de habilidades parentales para manejar eficazmente a los niños, la mayoría de los padres nigerianos dependen demasiado del uso de métodos violentos en la disciplina de sus hijos, lo que representa una gran amenaza para su bienestar y desarrollo. Dados los altos niveles de crianza severa y la falta de comprensión de sus consecuencias, nos propusimos desarrollar un programa de intervención llamado Programa de crianza psicoeducativa para prevenir la violencia contra los niños (PEPVAC), guiado por los principios psicológicos de la teoría del aprendizaje social, para ayudar a los padres. Probamos la efectividad del programa utilizando un diseño cuasi-experimental con cuestionario y observación como herramientas de recolección de datos. Los participantes fueron 300 padres de niños de 3 a 12 años, que aprobaron el uso de una disciplina severa. Los padres (n = 150) que recibieron la intervención de 8 semanas se compararon con los padres del grupo control (n = 150). Un ANOVA de modelo mixto reveló que los padres de PEPVAC demostraron un uso reducido de tácticas disciplinarias severas y una menor incidencia de padres que golpeaban a sus hijos en comparación con los padres del grupo de control que continuaban con las conductas habituales. Los resultados sugieren que PEPVAC puede ser una herramienta de intervención útil en la prevención de la violencia punitiva contra los niños, especialmente en un país culturalmente orientado como Nigeria, con más de 91 millones de niños en riesgo de violencia en el hogar.
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While parental harsh disciplining of children is a global concern, children living in Nigeria often experience particularly high levels of harsh discipline. Constrained by the lack of parenting skills to effectively manage children, most Nigerian parents rely too heavily on the use of violent methods in the disciplining of their children, which poses a huge threat to their well-being and development. Given the high levels of harsh parenting and the lack of understanding of its harms, we set out to develop a program of intervention called Psychoeducational parenting program to prevent violence against children (PEPVAC), guided by psychological principles of social learning theory, to help parents reverse the trend. We tested the effectiveness of the program using a quasi-experimental design with questionnaire and observation as data collection tools. Participants were 300 parents of children age 3-12 years, who endorsed using harsh discipline. Parents (n = 150) who received the 8-week intervention were compared with parents in the control group (n = 150). A mixed-model ANOVA revealed that the PEPVAC parents demonstrated a reduced use of harsh disciplinary tactics and a decreased incidence of parents beating their children compared to parents in the control group who continued with business-as-usual. Findings suggest that PEPVAC can be a useful intervention tool in the prevention of punitive violence against children, especially in a culturally-oriented country like Nigeria with over 91 million population of children who are at risk of disciplinary violence in the home.
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Africa Population. (2018). World population review. http://worldpopulationreview.com/continents/africa/. Ajayi, J. O. (2013). Socialization and child rearing practices among nigerian ethnic groups. Academic Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, 2 (20), 249–256. http://dx.doi.org/10.5901/ajis.2013.v2n2p249. Alemika, E. E. O., & Chukwuma, I. C. (2011). Juvenile justice administration in nigeria: Philosophy and practice. Centre for Law Enforcement Education. Amos, P. M. (2013). Parenting and culture: Evidence from some African Communities. In M. L. Seidlde-Moura (Ed.), Parenting in South American and African contexts (pp. 65-77). IntechOpen. http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/56967. Ayiro, L., Mbagaya, C. V., & Othuon, L. A. (2019). Parenting style and maltreatment of kenyan children in middle childhood. International Academic Journal of Social Sciences and Education, 2 (1), 247–261. Baker-Henningham, H., & Francis, T. (2018). Parents’ use of harsh punishment and young children’s behavior and achievement: A longitudinal study of jamaican children with conduct problems. Global Mental Health, 5, 1–13. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/2Fgmh.2018.21. Banda, L. H. (2006). Negative effects of corporal punishment on children. http://www.cyc-net.org/features/viewpoints/c-corporalpunishmenteffects.html. Bandura, A. B. (1986). Social foundation of though and action. a social cognitive theory. Prentice-Hall Inc. Boydell, N., Nalukenge, W., Siu, G., Seeley, J., & Wight, D. (2017). How mothers in poverty explain their use of corporal punishment: A qualitative study in kampala, uganda. European Journal of Development Research, 29, 999–1016. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41287-017-0104-5. Cohen, J. (1988). Statistical power analysis for the behavioral sciences. Erlbaum. Deater-Deckard, K., Lansford, J., Dodge, K., Pettit, G., & Bates, J. (2003). The development of attitudes about physical punishment: An 8-year longitudinal study. Journal of Family Psychology, 17 (3), 351–360. https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/2F0893-3200.17.3.35. Deb, S. (2018). An empirical investigation into child abuse and neglect in india: Burden, impact and protective measures. Springer. Durrant, J., & Ensom, R. (2012). Physical punishment of children: Lessons from 20 years of research. Canadian Medical Association Journal, 184 (12), 1373–1377. https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.101314. Fatimilehin, I., & Hassan, A. (2016). Parenting in Nigeria: Contemporary families, extended family systems, and religious diversity. In G. Nicholas, A. Bejarano & D. L. Lee (Eds.), Contemporary parenting: A global perspective (pp.124-141). Routledge. Gershoff, E. T., & Grogan-Kaylor, A. (2016). Spanking and child outcomes: Old controversies and new meta-analyses. Journal of Family Psychology, 30 (4), 453–469. https://doi.org/10.1037/fam000019. Global Initiative to End all Corporal Punishment. (2020). Global report 2019: Progress towards ending corporal punishment of children. Global Initiative to End all Corporal Punishment. http://endcorporalpunishment.org/wp-content/uploads/global/Global-report-2019.pdf. Halpenny, A. M., Nixon, E., & Watson, D. (2010). Parents perspectives on parenting styles and disciplining children. The Stationery Office. Hecker, T., Hermenau, K., Salmen, C., Teicher, M., & Elbert, T. (2016). Harsh discipline relates to internalizing problems and cognitive functioning: Findings from a cross-sectional study with school children in tanzania. BMC psychiatry, 16, Article 118. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-016-0828-3. Holzer, P. J., Higgins, J. R., Bromfield, L. M., Richardson, N., & Higgins, D. J. (2006). The effectiveness of parent education and home visiting child maltreatment prevention program (Child Abuse Prevention Issues No. 24). Australian Institute of Family Studies. Kabara-Clark, A. (2014). Youth Truth: A peer education project with young parents in Lambeth. St. Michael’s fellowship. Lakes, K. D., Vargas, D., Riggs, M., Schmidt, J., & Bair, M. (2011). Parenting intervention to reduce attention and behavior difficulties in preschoolers: A cuidar evaluation study. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 20 (5), 648–659. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007%2Fs10826-010-9440-1. Lansford, J. E., & Deater-Deckard, K. (2012). Childrearing discipline and violence in developing countries. Child Development, 83 (1), 62–75. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8624.2011.01676.x. National Population Commission. (2017). Nigerias current estimated population. http://www.population.gov.ng. Nduka, A. C., Mansor, M. B., & Talib, M. A. (2012). The effects of igbo cultural importance and participation in cultural events on the parents use of physical punishments on their children in imo state of nigeria. International Journal of Asian Social Science, 2 (9), 1564–1578. Nuhu, F. T., & Nuhu, S. T. (2010). Opinion and attitudes of some parents in ilorin, north-central nigeria toward child abuse and neglect. South African Journal of Psychiatry, 16 (1), 27–32. https://doi.org/10.4102/sajpsychiatry.v16i1.221. Opeyemi, O. (2017). Corporal punishment: Perceptions and adoption in nigerian secondary schools. Education Research Journal, 7 (8), 200–208. Peters, R. D., & Durrant, J. E. (2009). Parent training programs: A review of the current state of knowledge about evidenced-based programs and an evaluation proposal for the positive discipline program (Final Report). Save the Children Sweden. Roskam, I. (2013). The transmission of parenting behavior within the family: An empirical study across three generations. Psychologica Belgica, 53 (3), 49–64. https://doi.org/10.5334/pb-53-3-49doi.org/10.5334/pb-53-3-49. Runyan, D. K., Shankar, V., Hassan, F., Hunter, W. M., Jain, D., Paula, C. S., & Bordin, I. A. (2010). International variations in harsh child discipline. Pediatrics, 126 (3), 701–711. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2008-2374. Runyon, M. K., Deblinger, E., & Schroeder, C. M. (2009). Pilot evaluation of outcomes of combined parentchild cognitive-behavioral group therapy for families at risk for child physical abuse. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 16 (1), 101–118. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpra.2008.09.006. Ryan, C., Vanderlick, J., & Matthews, W. (2007). A paradoxical analysis of social learning theory as applied to the potential reform of terrorist offenders. Professional Issues in Criminal Justice: A Professional Journal, 2 (1), 91–110. Sanders, M., & W., C. (2002). Promoting positive parenting as an abuse prevention strategy, In K. D. Browne, H. Hanks, P. Stratton & C. Hamilton (Eds.), Early prediction and prevention of child abuse: A handbook (pp.145163). John Wiley & Sons. Santini, P. M., & Williams, L. C. A. (2016). Parenting programs to prevent corporal punishment: A systematic review. 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Violencia punitiva contra los niños: un programa psicoeducativo para reducir las prácticas de disciplina severas y maltrato a los niños en el hogar Violencia punitiva contra los niños: un programa psicoeducativo para reducir las prácticas de disciplina severas y maltrato a los niños en el hogar Artículo de revista desarrollo infantil intervención parental violencia punitiva disciplina severa Maltrato infantil Si bien la disciplina severa de los padres hacia los hijos es una preocupación mundial, los niños que viven en Nigeria a menudo experimentan niveles particularmente altos de disciplina severa. Restringidos por la falta de habilidades parentales para manejar eficazmente a los niños, la mayoría de los padres nigerianos dependen demasiado del uso de métodos violentos en la disciplina de sus hijos, lo que representa una gran amenaza para su bienestar y desarrollo. Dados los altos niveles de crianza severa y la falta de comprensión de sus consecuencias, nos propusimos desarrollar un programa de intervención llamado Programa de crianza psicoeducativa para prevenir la violencia contra los niños (PEPVAC), guiado por los principios psicológicos de la teoría del aprendizaje social, para ayudar a los padres. Probamos la efectividad del programa utilizando un diseño cuasi-experimental con cuestionario y observación como herramientas de recolección de datos. Los participantes fueron 300 padres de niños de 3 a 12 años, que aprobaron el uso de una disciplina severa. Los padres (n = 150) que recibieron la intervención de 8 semanas se compararon con los padres del grupo control (n = 150). Un ANOVA de modelo mixto reveló que los padres de PEPVAC demostraron un uso reducido de tácticas disciplinarias severas y una menor incidencia de padres que golpeaban a sus hijos en comparación con los padres del grupo de control que continuaban con las conductas habituales. Los resultados sugieren que PEPVAC puede ser una herramienta de intervención útil en la prevención de la violencia punitiva contra los niños, especialmente en un país culturalmente orientado como Nigeria, con más de 91 millones de niños en riesgo de violencia en el hogar. http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501 info:eu-repo/semantics/article Africa Population. (2018). World population review. http://worldpopulationreview.com/continents/africa/. Ajayi, J. O. (2013). Socialization and child rearing practices among nigerian ethnic groups. Academic Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, 2 (20), 249–256. http://dx.doi.org/10.5901/ajis.2013.v2n2p249. Alemika, E. E. O., & Chukwuma, I. C. (2011). Juvenile justice administration in nigeria: Philosophy and practice. Centre for Law Enforcement Education. Amos, P. M. (2013). Parenting and culture: Evidence from some African Communities. In M. L. Seidlde-Moura (Ed.), Parenting in South American and African contexts (pp. 65-77). IntechOpen. http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/56967. Ayiro, L., Mbagaya, C. V., & Othuon, L. A. (2019). Parenting style and maltreatment of kenyan children in middle childhood. International Academic Journal of Social Sciences and Education, 2 (1), 247–261. Baker-Henningham, H., & Francis, T. (2018). Parents’ use of harsh punishment and young children’s behavior and achievement: A longitudinal study of jamaican children with conduct problems. Global Mental Health, 5, 1–13. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/2Fgmh.2018.21. Banda, L. H. (2006). Negative effects of corporal punishment on children. http://www.cyc-net.org/features/viewpoints/c-corporalpunishmenteffects.html. Bandura, A. B. (1986). Social foundation of though and action. a social cognitive theory. Prentice-Hall Inc. Boydell, N., Nalukenge, W., Siu, G., Seeley, J., & Wight, D. (2017). How mothers in poverty explain their use of corporal punishment: A qualitative study in kampala, uganda. European Journal of Development Research, 29, 999–1016. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41287-017-0104-5. Cohen, J. (1988). Statistical power analysis for the behavioral sciences. Erlbaum. Deater-Deckard, K., Lansford, J., Dodge, K., Pettit, G., & Bates, J. (2003). The development of attitudes about physical punishment: An 8-year longitudinal study. Journal of Family Psychology, 17 (3), 351–360. https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/2F0893-3200.17.3.35. Deb, S. (2018). An empirical investigation into child abuse and neglect in india: Burden, impact and protective measures. Springer. Durrant, J., & Ensom, R. (2012). Physical punishment of children: Lessons from 20 years of research. Canadian Medical Association Journal, 184 (12), 1373–1377. https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.101314. Fatimilehin, I., & Hassan, A. (2016). Parenting in Nigeria: Contemporary families, extended family systems, and religious diversity. In G. Nicholas, A. Bejarano & D. L. Lee (Eds.), Contemporary parenting: A global perspective (pp.124-141). Routledge. Gershoff, E. T., & Grogan-Kaylor, A. (2016). Spanking and child outcomes: Old controversies and new meta-analyses. Journal of Family Psychology, 30 (4), 453–469. https://doi.org/10.1037/fam000019. Global Initiative to End all Corporal Punishment. (2020). Global report 2019: Progress towards ending corporal punishment of children. Global Initiative to End all Corporal Punishment. http://endcorporalpunishment.org/wp-content/uploads/global/Global-report-2019.pdf. Halpenny, A. M., Nixon, E., & Watson, D. (2010). Parents perspectives on parenting styles and disciplining children. The Stationery Office. Hecker, T., Hermenau, K., Salmen, C., Teicher, M., & Elbert, T. (2016). Harsh discipline relates to internalizing problems and cognitive functioning: Findings from a cross-sectional study with school children in tanzania. BMC psychiatry, 16, Article 118. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-016-0828-3. Holzer, P. J., Higgins, J. R., Bromfield, L. M., Richardson, N., & Higgins, D. J. (2006). The effectiveness of parent education and home visiting child maltreatment prevention program (Child Abuse Prevention Issues No. 24). Australian Institute of Family Studies. Kabara-Clark, A. (2014). Youth Truth: A peer education project with young parents in Lambeth. St. Michael’s fellowship. Lakes, K. D., Vargas, D., Riggs, M., Schmidt, J., & Bair, M. (2011). Parenting intervention to reduce attention and behavior difficulties in preschoolers: A cuidar evaluation study. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 20 (5), 648–659. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007%2Fs10826-010-9440-1. Lansford, J. E., & Deater-Deckard, K. (2012). Childrearing discipline and violence in developing countries. Child Development, 83 (1), 62–75. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8624.2011.01676.x. National Population Commission. (2017). Nigerias current estimated population. http://www.population.gov.ng. Nduka, A. C., Mansor, M. B., & Talib, M. A. (2012). The effects of igbo cultural importance and participation in cultural events on the parents use of physical punishments on their children in imo state of nigeria. International Journal of Asian Social Science, 2 (9), 1564–1578. Nuhu, F. T., & Nuhu, S. T. (2010). Opinion and attitudes of some parents in ilorin, north-central nigeria toward child abuse and neglect. South African Journal of Psychiatry, 16 (1), 27–32. https://doi.org/10.4102/sajpsychiatry.v16i1.221. Opeyemi, O. (2017). Corporal punishment: Perceptions and adoption in nigerian secondary schools. Education Research Journal, 7 (8), 200–208. Peters, R. D., & Durrant, J. E. (2009). Parent training programs: A review of the current state of knowledge about evidenced-based programs and an evaluation proposal for the positive discipline program (Final Report). Save the Children Sweden. Roskam, I. (2013). The transmission of parenting behavior within the family: An empirical study across three generations. Psychologica Belgica, 53 (3), 49–64. https://doi.org/10.5334/pb-53-3-49doi.org/10.5334/pb-53-3-49. Runyan, D. K., Shankar, V., Hassan, F., Hunter, W. M., Jain, D., Paula, C. S., & Bordin, I. A. (2010). International variations in harsh child discipline. Pediatrics, 126 (3), 701–711. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2008-2374. Runyon, M. K., Deblinger, E., & Schroeder, C. M. (2009). Pilot evaluation of outcomes of combined parentchild cognitive-behavioral group therapy for families at risk for child physical abuse. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 16 (1), 101–118. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpra.2008.09.006. Ryan, C., Vanderlick, J., & Matthews, W. (2007). A paradoxical analysis of social learning theory as applied to the potential reform of terrorist offenders. Professional Issues in Criminal Justice: A Professional Journal, 2 (1), 91–110. Sanders, M., & W., C. (2002). Promoting positive parenting as an abuse prevention strategy, In K. D. Browne, H. Hanks, P. Stratton & C. Hamilton (Eds.), Early prediction and prevention of child abuse: A handbook (pp.145163). John Wiley & Sons. Santini, P. M., & Williams, L. C. A. (2016). Parenting programs to prevent corporal punishment: A systematic review. Paidéia, 26 (63), 121–129. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1982-43272663201614. Scholer, S. J., Hamilton, E. C., Johnson, M. C., & Scott, T. A. (2010). A brief intervention affects parents’ attitudes toward using less physical punishment. Family Community Health, 33 (2), 106–116. https://doi.org/10.1097/FCH.0b013e3181d592ef. Smith, B. L. (2012, April). The case against spanking. Monitor on Psychology, 43 (4), 60–61. Snyder, A., & Bub, S. (2008). Discipline and intergenerational transmission. http://www2.uwstout.edu/content/rs/2008/19discipline%20for%20publication.pdf. Twum-Danso, A. (2013). Childrens perceptions of physical punishment in ghana and the implications for childrens rights. Childhood: A Journal of Global Child Research, 20 (4), 472–486. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0907568212471404. Twum-Danso, A. O. (2016). Tackling the physical punishment of children in resource poor contexts: The utility of a community starting point approach for action and intervention in childrens rights programming. International Journal of Childrens Rights, 24 (2), 469–487. https://doi.org/10.1163/15718182-02402005. UNICEF. (2010). Child disciplinary practices at home: Evidence from a range of low- and middle- income countries. UNICEF. UNICEF. (2014). The state of the worlds children 2014 in numbers: Every child counts. UNICEF. info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2 Text International Journal of Psychological Research - 2020 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Inglés https://revistas.usb.edu.co/index.php/IJPR/article/view/4604 International Journal of Psychological Research Universidad San Buenaventura - USB (Colombia) Publication application/pdf child development While parental harsh disciplining of children is a global concern, children living in Nigeria often experience particularly high levels of harsh discipline. Constrained by the lack of parenting skills to effectively manage children, most Nigerian parents rely too heavily on the use of violent methods in the disciplining of their children, which poses a huge threat to their well-being and development. Given the high levels of harsh parenting and the lack of understanding of its harms, we set out to develop a program of intervention called Psychoeducational parenting program to prevent violence against children (PEPVAC), guided by psychological principles of social learning theory, to help parents reverse the trend. We tested the effectiveness of the program using a quasi-experimental design with questionnaire and observation as data collection tools. Participants were 300 parents of children age 3-12 years, who endorsed using harsh discipline. Parents (n = 150) who received the 8-week intervention were compared with parents in the control group (n = 150). A mixed-model ANOVA revealed that the PEPVAC parents demonstrated a reduced use of harsh disciplinary tactics and a decreased incidence of parents beating their children compared to parents in the control group who continued with business-as-usual. Findings suggest that PEPVAC can be a useful intervention tool in the prevention of punitive violence against children, especially in a culturally-oriented country like Nigeria with over 91 million population of children who are at risk of disciplinary violence in the home. Ofoha, Dorothy Ogidan, Rotimi Journal article Child beating harsh discipline Núm. 2 , Año 2020 : Volume 13(2) 2 13 punitive violence parenting intervention 89 https://revistas.usb.edu.co/index.php/IJPR/article/download/4604/3705 98 2020-08-20T02:38:00Z https://doi.org/10.21500/20112084.4604 10.21500/20112084.4604 2011-7922 2011-2084 2020-08-20T02:38:00Z 2020-08-20 |