Determinants of parental discipline practices: a national sample from primary care practices.
National guidelines urge pediatricians to address discipline as part of anticipatory guidance, yet pediatricians know little about what leads parents to use different discipline approaches. Parents seen in Pediatric Research in Office Settings practices participated in an office-based survey before the well-child visit for children 2 to 11 years old (N = 2134). Parents reported using the following discipline approaches frequently: time-outs (42%), removal of privileges (41%), sent to bedroom (27%), yelling (13%), and spanking (9%). A third of parents believe their discipline approach to be ineffective. This directs the pediatric provider to help families develop effective discipline practices tailored to their context.
Barkin
Shari
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Division of General Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157, USA. sbarkin@wfubmc.edu
Scheindlin
Benjamin
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Ip
Edward H
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Richardson
Irma
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Finch
Stacia
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D002170:Canada; D002648:Child; D002668:Child Rearing / Q000208:ethnology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents; D011320:Primary Health Care; D011647:Puerto Rico; D011678:Punishment; D014481:United States