Using Baby Books to Change New Mothers' Attitudes about Corporal Punishment

Autor/inn/en	Reich, Stephanie M.; Penner, Emily K.; Duncan, Greg J.; Auger, Anamarie
Titel	Using Baby Books to Change New Mothers' Attitudes about Corporal Punishment
Quelle	In: Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 36 (2012) 2, S.108-117 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0145-2134
DOI	10.1016/j.chiabu.2011.09.017
Schlagwörter	Childrens Literature; Picture Books; Mothers; Mother Attitudes; Punishment; Child Rearing; Child Development; Low Income Groups; Educational Attainment; African Americans; Longitudinal Studies; Parent Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? 'Children''s literature'; Kinderliteratur; Picture book; Bilderbuch; Mother; Mutter; Mutterliebe; Bestrafung; Kindererziehung; Kindesentwicklung; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Afroamerikaner; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Parents education; Elternbildung; Elternschule
Abstract	Objective: Research has found corporal punishment to have limited effectiveness in altering child behavior and the potential to produce psychological and cognitive damage. Pediatric professionals have advocated reducing, if not eliminating its use. Despite this, it remains a common parenting practice in the US. Methods: Using a three-group randomized design, this study explored whether embedding educational information about typical child development and effective parenting in baby books could alter new mothers' attitudes about their use of corporal punishment. Low-income, ethnically diverse women (n = 167) were recruited during their third trimester of pregnancy and followed until their child was 18 months old. Results: Findings from home-based data collection throughout this period suggest that educational baby books compared with non-educational baby books or no books can reduce new mothers' support for the use of corporal punishment (respective effect sizes = 0.67 and 0.25) and that these effects are greater for African-American mothers (effect sizes = 0.75 and 0.57) and those with low levels of educational attainment (high school diploma, GED, or less) (effect sizes = 0.78 and 0.49). Conclusion: Given their low cost and ease of implementation, baby books offer a promising way to change new mothers' attitudes and potentially reduce the use of corporal punishment with infants and toddlers. (Contains 1 figure and 4 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10