Prevalence of child discipline practices and their associated maternal psychosocial profile in Alexandria
ABSTRACTBackground Child discipline practices are the methods used by parents to prevent future unwanted behavior in children. Child discipline practices involve non-violent and violent. Violent discipline is a pervasive problem across Egypt shaped by many factors and has many negative consequences....
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| description | ABSTRACTBackground Child discipline practices are the methods used by parents to prevent future unwanted behavior in children. Child discipline practices involve non-violent and violent. Violent discipline is a pervasive problem across Egypt shaped by many factors and has many negative consequences. This study attempted to measure the prevalence of child discipline practices among mothers in Alexandria and their associated maternal psychosocial profile of mothers.Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted to interview a sample of 275 mothers at eight family health units and centers in Alexandria using interview format to collect personal and socio-demographic data in addition to The Arabic version of the parent form of Conflict Tactics Scales Parent-Child (CTSPC) form and The Arabic Version of Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS).Results The study revealed that 25.09% of studied mothers were using nonviolent discipline practices (NVDP) only, while 74.18% were using psychological, physical, or severe physical violence with or without using NVDP.A significantly higher percentage of mothers who use NVDP are of high socioeconomic status compared to the other group (73.9% compared to 17.6%), they scored normal on the three domains of DASS compared to the other group (76.8% compared to 30.5% on depression domain, 72.5% compared to 14.7% on anxiety domain and 60.9% compared for 18.6% on stress domain). |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7fc244e72bef4a5e8fa1754af767ad2c2024-03-11T12:04:17ZengTaylor & Francis GroupAlexandria Journal of Medicine2090-50682090-50762024-12-01601455310.1080/20905068.2024.2321828Prevalence of child discipline practices and their associated maternal psychosocial profile in AlexandriaAmira Abdelaziz Madi0Amira Seifeldin1Afaf Gaber Ibrahim2Eman Anwar Sultan3Public Health, Preventive and Social Medicine, Community Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, EgyptPublic Health, Preventive and Social Medicine, Community Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, EgyptPublic Health, Preventive and Social Medicine, Community Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, EgyptPublic Health, Preventive and Social Medicine, Community Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, EgyptABSTRACTBackground Child discipline practices are the methods used by parents to prevent future unwanted behavior in children. Child discipline practices involve non-violent and violent. Violent discipline is a pervasive problem across Egypt shaped by many factors and has many negative consequences. This study attempted to measure the prevalence of child discipline practices among mothers in Alexandria and their associated maternal psychosocial profile of mothers.Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted to interview a sample of 275 mothers at eight family health units and centers in Alexandria using interview format to collect personal and socio-demographic data in addition to The Arabic version of the parent form of Conflict Tactics Scales Parent-Child (CTSPC) form and The Arabic Version of Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS).Results The study revealed that 25.09% of studied mothers were using nonviolent discipline practices (NVDP) only, while 74.18% were using psychological, physical, or severe physical violence with or without using NVDP.A significantly higher percentage of mothers who use NVDP are of high socioeconomic status compared to the other group (73.9% compared to 17.6%), they scored normal on the three domains of DASS compared to the other group (76.8% compared to 30.5% on depression domain, 72.5% compared to 14.7% on anxiety domain and 60.9% compared for 18.6% on stress domain).https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/20905068.2024.2321828Child discipline practicesviolent discipline practicespsychological violencephysical violence |
| spellingShingle | Amira Abdelaziz Madi Amira Seifeldin Afaf Gaber Ibrahim Eman Anwar Sultan Prevalence of child discipline practices and their associated maternal psychosocial profile in Alexandria Alexandria Journal of Medicine Child discipline practices violent discipline practices psychological violence physical violence |
| title | Prevalence of child discipline practices and their associated maternal psychosocial profile in Alexandria |
| title_full | Prevalence of child discipline practices and their associated maternal psychosocial profile in Alexandria |
| title_fullStr | Prevalence of child discipline practices and their associated maternal psychosocial profile in Alexandria |
| title_full_unstemmed | Prevalence of child discipline practices and their associated maternal psychosocial profile in Alexandria |
| title_short | Prevalence of child discipline practices and their associated maternal psychosocial profile in Alexandria |
| title_sort | prevalence of child discipline practices and their associated maternal psychosocial profile in alexandria |
| topic | Child discipline practices violent discipline practices psychological violence physical violence |
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