Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Health Educ Behav. 2023 Apr;50(2):250-259. doi: 10.1177/10901981211052881. Epub 2021 Oct 29.
Child corporal punishment (CP) is associated with child physical abuse, which is a public health problem in the United States. Informed by the integrative model of behavioral prediction, this study surveyed low-income Black, Hispanic, and White parents who had children younger than 6 years old ( = 260) to identify major risk factors that determined intention to use CP to discipline children. Structural equation modeling revealed that attitudes, descriptive norms, and perceived efficacy of alternative discipline strategies were associated with intention to use CP. Additionally, parents' childhood CP frequency and past use of CP with their own children were influential distal variables that indirectly predicted CP intention. Results indicated the utility of the model in this behavioral context. Communication intervention programs targeting low-income parents should leverage perceived norms, perceived efficacy of alternative discipline strategies, and attitudes to change CP behavior.
儿童体罚（CP）与儿童身体虐待有关，这是美国的一个公共卫生问题。本研究以行为预测综合模型为指导，调查了有 6 岁以下儿童的低收入黑人和西班牙裔及白人父母（=260 人），以确定决定使用 CP 来管教孩子的主要风险因素。结构方程模型显示，态度、描述性规范和替代纪律策略的感知效果与使用 CP 的意图有关。此外，父母的童年 CP 频率和过去对自己孩子的 CP 使用是有影响的间接变量，间接预测 CP 意图。结果表明该模型在这种行为背景下的实用性。针对低收入父母的沟通干预计划应利用感知规范、替代纪律策略的感知效果和态度来改变 CP 行为。
