Prevention of child physical and verbal abuse from traditional child discipline methods in rural Thailand.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In rural areas of Thailand, physical and verbal abuse are accepted as child discipline strategies due to the strong influence of religious beliefs and social norms.

Objective

To investigate the effects of a nonviolent parenting program on subject's knowledge and attitudes regarding physical and verbal abuse in child discipline.

Participant

This randomized controlled trial enrolled the villagers who had children under care in a rural area of Thailand.

Methods

This study was scheduled in the following three stages with 3-month intervals: before the program (P0); 3 months after the program (P1); and 6 months after the program (P2). We compared knowledge and attitude scores of subjects at each stage.

Results

A total of 85 subjects were enrolled in

SUBMITTER: Rerkswattavorn C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6906657 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature