Change in Caregivers' Attitudes and Use of Corporal Punishment Following a Legal Ban: A Multi-Country Longitudinal Comparison

• Main Authors: Alampay, Liane Peña, Godwin, Jennifer, Lansford, Jennifer E, Oburu, Paul, Bornstein, Marc H, Chang, Lei, Deater-Deckard, Kirby, Rothenberg, W. Andrew, Malone, Patrick S, Skinner, Ann T, Pastorelli, Concetta, Sorbing, Emma, Steinberg, Laurence, Tapanya, Sombat, Uribe Tirado, Liliana Maria, Yotanyamaneewong, Saengduean, Al-Hassan, Suha M, Bacchini, Dario, Di Giunta, Laura, Dodge, Kenneth A, Gurdal, Sevtap
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2021
• Subjects: longitudinal research; legal aspects; parenting; child maltreatment; Family Law; Psychology
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/psychology-faculty-pubs/337; https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/10775595211036401
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

We examined whether a policy banning corporal punishment enacted in Kenya in 2010 is associated with changes in Kenyan caregivers’ use of corporal punishment and beliefs in its effectiveness and normativeness, and compared to caregivers in six countries without bans in the same period. Using a longi...