Parental physical discipline in Singapore: a study of context, practice, and perception

• Main Authors: Won, Ying Qing, Sudo, Mioko, Tiemeier, Henning, Setoh, Peipei
• Other Authors: School of Social Sciences
• Format: Working Paper
• Language: English
• Published: 2024
• Subjects: Social Sciences
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/177812
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The cultural normativeness hypothesis posits that parents typically administer physical discipline in a controlled manner in a normative cultural context. Previous research on physical discipline primarily focuses on the frequency at which it occurs, rather than the nature of its delivery. This st...