Practice of disciplinary methods and factors associated with belief for physical punishment among Malaysian parents: findings from NHMS 2016
The belief in the effectiveness of physical punishment is an important predictor for its use. The objectives of this study was to describe the factors associated with the belief for physical punishment toward children 1 to 5 years of age among Malaysian parents. Data was collected as part of the Mal...
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| author | Ganapathy, Shubash Shander Sooryanarayana, Rajini Mohammad, Nik Mazlina Abdul Manaf, Rosliza |
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| description | The belief in the effectiveness of physical punishment is an important predictor for its use. The objectives of this study was to describe the factors associated with the belief for physical punishment toward children 1 to 5 years of age among Malaysian parents. Data was collected as part of the Malaysian National Health and Morbidity Survey (NHMS) 2016. The respondents were asked if they believed that physical punishment is needed to raise a child properly. A total of 60.0% of Malaysian parents believed in the need for physical punishment, with 54.3% practising it. Parents who believed in physical punishment had more than 2 times a higher likelihood of practising it (odds ratio 2.57) than those who did not. Parents need to be taught to respond positively to children’s behavior and anger management strategies in difficult parenting situations. |
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| spelling | upm-1028262024-06-30T02:18:19Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/102826/ Practice of disciplinary methods and factors associated with belief for physical punishment among Malaysian parents: findings from NHMS 2016 Ganapathy, Shubash Shander Sooryanarayana, Rajini Mohammad, Nik Mazlina Abdul Manaf, Rosliza The belief in the effectiveness of physical punishment is an important predictor for its use. The objectives of this study was to describe the factors associated with the belief for physical punishment toward children 1 to 5 years of age among Malaysian parents. Data was collected as part of the Malaysian National Health and Morbidity Survey (NHMS) 2016. The respondents were asked if they believed that physical punishment is needed to raise a child properly. A total of 60.0% of Malaysian parents believed in the need for physical punishment, with 54.3% practising it. Parents who believed in physical punishment had more than 2 times a higher likelihood of practising it (odds ratio 2.57) than those who did not. Parents need to be taught to respond positively to children’s behavior and anger management strategies in difficult parenting situations. SAGE Publications 2022 Article PeerReviewed Ganapathy, Shubash Shander and Sooryanarayana, Rajini and Mohammad, Nik Mazlina and Abdul Manaf, Rosliza (2022) Practice of disciplinary methods and factors associated with belief for physical punishment among Malaysian parents: findings from NHMS 2016. Global Pediatric Health, 9. art. no. 2333794X2211138. pp. 1-9. ISSN 2333-794X https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2333794X221113820 10.1177/2333794x221113820 |
| spellingShingle | Ganapathy, Shubash Shander Sooryanarayana, Rajini Mohammad, Nik Mazlina Abdul Manaf, Rosliza Practice of disciplinary methods and factors associated with belief for physical punishment among Malaysian parents: findings from NHMS 2016 |
| title | Practice of disciplinary methods and factors associated with belief for physical punishment among Malaysian parents: findings from NHMS 2016 |
| title_full | Practice of disciplinary methods and factors associated with belief for physical punishment among Malaysian parents: findings from NHMS 2016 |
| title_fullStr | Practice of disciplinary methods and factors associated with belief for physical punishment among Malaysian parents: findings from NHMS 2016 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Practice of disciplinary methods and factors associated with belief for physical punishment among Malaysian parents: findings from NHMS 2016 |
| title_short | Practice of disciplinary methods and factors associated with belief for physical punishment among Malaysian parents: findings from NHMS 2016 |
| title_sort | practice of disciplinary methods and factors associated with belief for physical punishment among malaysian parents: findings from nhms 2016 |
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