Institute of Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Dr Subotica 15, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia.
Department of Statistics and Mathematics, Faculty of Economics, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.
Int J Public Health. 2016 Jun;61(5):621-30. doi: 10.1007/s00038-016-0823-y. Epub 2016 May 4.
To identify potential predictors of using only non-violent forms of discipline for children aged 2-14 years and of being against physical punishment among Roma and non-Roma parents/caregivers in Eastern European countries with similar cultural-historical backgrounds.
UNICEF Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey data collected in 2010-2011 in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia and Serbia (total of 9973 respondents) were analysed using multivariate logistic regression modelling with receiver operating characteristic analysis.
Approximately 27 % of the respondents practiced only non-violent child discipline. Roma children experienced only non-violent discipline less than half as often as their non-Roma counterparts. Household wealth index and child sex were significant predictors of positive parenting attitudes and practice. For Roma respondents, rural residence also contributed to being against physical punishment.
Parents\caregivers from more affluent households are more likely than those who are less affluent to be against physical punishment of children and are more likely to practice only non-violent discipline. Evidence-based interventions are required to support existing positive forms of child rearing. These should target less affluent households from Roma settlements in the studied countries.
在具有相似文化历史背景的东欧国家中，确定仅对 2-14 岁儿童使用非暴力形式的纪律处分和反对体罚的潜在预测因素，这些国家的罗姆人和非罗姆人父母/照顾者。
使用多变量逻辑回归模型和接收者操作特征分析，对 2010-2011 年在波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那、马其顿和塞尔维亚收集的联合国儿童基金会多指标类集调查数据（共有 9973 名受访者）进行了分析。
约 27%的受访者采用非暴力的儿童纪律处分方式。罗姆儿童经历非暴力纪律处分的频率不到非罗姆儿童的一半。家庭财富指数和儿童性别是积极育儿态度和实践的重要预测因素。对于罗姆族受访者而言，农村居住也有助于反对体罚。
较富裕家庭的父母/照顾者比较贫困家庭的父母/照顾者更有可能反对体罚儿童，并且更有可能采取非暴力的纪律处分方式。需要采取基于证据的干预措施来支持现有的积极育儿形式。这些措施应针对研究国家罗姆人定居点中较贫困的家庭。
