title: [Acceptability of physical punishment in child rearing by people who were victims of physical violence during childhood in Peru].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study evaluated the association between having been a victim of physical violence during childhood and the acceptability, in later life, towards the use of physical punishment in child rearing.
  
  
  METHODS
  A secondary analysis was conducted of a study on violence in 6,399 people over 14 years of age living in the cities of Lima, Callao, Maynas, Arequipa, Cusco, Trujillo and Huamanga. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression models were used to estimate statistical associations.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The acceptability of the use of physical punishment in child rearing is higher in people who were victims of physical abuse during childhood compared with non-victimized people (OR = 1.8; 95% CI: 1.5-2 1; p <0.001) after adjusting for potential confounders.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  People exposed to physical violence during childhood are more likely to accept or justify violence in adulthood, which could help maintain this child rearing practice from one generation to the next. Initiatives aimed at preventing the use of physical punishment in child rearing should be implemented to reduce the tendency to reproduce the action of violence by victimized people.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Análisis y Generación de Evidencias en Salud Pública, Instituto Nacional de Salud, Lima, Perú
authors.forename: Alejandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Burela
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Análisis y Generación de Evidencias en Salud Pública, Instituto Nacional de Salud, Lima, Perú
authors.forename: Marina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Piazza
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Salud Pública y Administración, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Perú
authors.forename: German F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Alvarado
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Salud Pública y Administración, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Perú
authors.forename: Alfonso
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gushiken
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Análisis y Generación de Evidencias en Salud Pública, Instituto Nacional de Salud, Lima, Perú
authors.forename: Fabián
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fiestas
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002668:Child Rearing / Q000523:psychology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010568:Peru; D000066550:Physical Abuse / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011678:Punishment; D057566:Self Report; D055815:Young Adult