Islam M Mofizul
La Trobe University, Bundoora, Melbourne, Australia.
J Interpers Violence. 2025 Jul 23:8862605251353469. doi: 10.1177/08862605251353469.
Mothers' happiness, life satisfaction, and their perception of effective child-rearing can influence the disciplinary methods they employ with their children. This study examines the association between mothers' life satisfaction, happiness, the belief in physical punishments and the disciplinary measures their children receive. Nationally representative data from the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey Bangladesh 2019 was analyzed. The study factors were subjective happiness and life satisfaction and the belief that physical punishments are needed for the proper upbringing of their children. The outcome variables were four domains of disciplinary measures-non-violent, psychological/verbal aggression, moderate physical, and severe physical punishments-that the children experienced in the month prior to the survey. We conducted multivariable logistic and ordinal regressions. The mean happiness score for mothers was 2.99 (range: 0-4) and the life satisfaction score was 5.58 (range: 0-10). Almost 35% of mothers believed that physical punishments were necessary to raise and educate a child properly. Almost 90% of children experienced at least one form of psychological/verbal disciplinary measure. Nearly 60% experienced one or more forms of moderate physical punishment, while 30% experienced at least one form of severe physical punishment. There were significant linear negative associations between the study factors and their children receiving at least one disciplinary measure from each of the four domains. The higher the happiness or life satisfaction, the smaller the odds for children experiencing disciplinary measures from all three violent domains. Happiness and life satisfaction are determined by various personal and structural factors. Improving these factors in Bangladesh, where average national happiness is relatively low, will take time. However, prohibiting violent punishments in all settings and raising awareness of the negative impact of violent disciplinary measures on child development are achievable targets in the short term.
母亲的幸福感、生活满意度以及她们对有效育儿的认知会影响她们对孩子采用的管教方式。本研究考察了母亲的生活满意度、幸福感、对体罚的看法与她们孩子所接受的管教措施之间的关联。分析了来自2019年孟加拉国多指标类集调查的具有全国代表性的数据。研究因素包括主观幸福感、生活满意度以及认为体罚对孩子的适当养育是必要的这一观念。结果变量是调查前一个月孩子所经历的四类管教措施——非暴力、心理/言语攻击、适度体罚和严重体罚。我们进行了多变量逻辑回归和有序回归分析。母亲的平均幸福得分是2.99（范围：0 - 4），生活满意度得分是5.58（范围：0 - 10）。近35%的母亲认为体罚对于正确养育和教育孩子是必要的。近90%的孩子经历过至少一种形式的心理/言语管教措施。近60%的孩子经历过一种或多种形式的适度体罚，而30%的孩子经历过至少一种形式的严重体罚。研究因素与孩子从四个类别中各接受至少一种管教措施之间存在显著的线性负相关。幸福感或生活满意度越高，孩子从所有三个暴力类别中经历管教措施的几率就越小。幸福感和生活满意度由各种个人因素和结构因素决定。在孟加拉国，国民平均幸福感相对较低，改善这些因素需要时间。然而，在所有环境中禁止暴力惩罚并提高对暴力管教措施对儿童发展负面影响的认识是短期内可以实现的目标。
