Reductions in Parental Use of Corporal Punishment on Pre-School Children Following Participation in the Moms' Empowerment Program.
Corporal punishment is a widely used and widely endorsed form of parental discipline. Inter-partner violence places enormous stress upon women. The rate of corporal punishment is higher in homes where other types of domestic violence are also occurring. This study compares two groups: those who participated in an intervention for women exposed to intimate partner violence (The Moms' Empowerment Program [MEP]) and those in a comparison group. Using standardized measures, women in both groups were assessed at baseline and at the end of the program, 5 weeks later. The 113 mothers who participated in the MEP program had significantly improved their parenting, such that they had less use of physical punishment post-intervention. Findings suggest that a relatively brief community-based intervention program can reduce the use of parental physical punishment even in disadvantaged populations coping with stressful circumstances.
1 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Andrew
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Grogan-Kaylor
1 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Maria M
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Galano
2 The University of Memphis, TN, USA.
Kathryn H
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Howell
3 University of Notre Dame, IN, USA.
Laura
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Miller-Graff
1 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Sandra A
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Graham-Bermann
D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003376:Counseling; D017579:Domestic Violence / Q000517:prevention & control*; D000079102:Empowerment; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009035:Mothers / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D010290:Parents; D011678:Punishment / Q000523:psychology*
assessment; domestic violence; intervention/treatment