J Korean Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry.  2019 Apr;30(2):57-65. 10.5765/jkacap.180032.

Perception of Child Abuse and Child Disciplinary Practice among Adults Abused as Children: Comparison to General Population

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Psychiatry, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, Bucheon, Korea. irenelee@schmc.ac.kr
  • 2Division of law, College of Law, Sookmyung Women's University, Seoul, Korea.
  • 3Division of Child Welfare & Studies, College of Human Ecology, Sookmyung Women's University, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract


OBJECTIVES
The aim of this study was to compare differences in perception and knowledge of child abuse and child disciplinary practices according to the history of child abuse victimization.
METHODS
A questionnaire survey on child abuse was conducted with 491 adults raising children. We compared the perception and knowledge of child abuse and child disciplinary practices between two groups of adults with and without a history of childhood abuse victimization.
RESULTS
The group with a history of childhood abuse had lower levels of knowledge of child abuse (F=6.990, p<0.01) and engaged in more negative disciplinary practices (F=5.974, p<0.05) than those without. However, no differences in the perception of child abuse were observed between the two groups.
CONCLUSION
The results suggest that adults with a history of childhood abuse have lower levels of knowledge of child abuse and use more negative disciplinary practices in raising their children. This highlights the need to administer not only educational but also more direct hands-on interventions to vulnerable parents in order to foster healthy parenting and disciplinary practices.

Keyword

Child abuse; Discipline; Perception; Knowledge

MeSH Terms

Adult*
Child
Child Abuse*
Child*
Crime Victims
Humans
Parenting
Parents
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