Adverse childhood experiences and use of corporal punishment among women in low-resource settings: a convergent mixed methods study with mothers of children under five in the Dominican Republic.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Evidence suggests that women who experience corporal punishment as a child are more likely to use it with their children, particularly in low-resource settings where higher exposure to additional adverse childhood experiences, such as food insecurity and a parent's premature death or abandonment, compounds damage from early exposure to corporal punishment. However, mothers who experienced corporal punishment as a child and simultaneously kind, compassionate, secure caregiving from the same or another caregiver, are less likely to expose their children to corporal punishment. Not enough research investigates how early maternal experiences with corporal punishment impact everyday parenting behaviors in contexts of poverty outside high-income countries. This investigation s

SUBMITTER: Nelson AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12676820 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature