The Relationship between Parental Perception of Neighborhood Collective Efficacy and Physical Violence by Parents against Preschool Children: A Cross-Sectional Study in a County of China

Haixue Wang, Jingqi Chen and Linjing Lyu
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Haixue Wang: Institute of Child and Adolescent Health, School of Public Health, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China
Jingqi Chen: Institute of Child and Adolescent Health, School of Public Health, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China
Linjing Lyu: Institute of Child and Adolescent Health, School of Public Health, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China

IJERPH, 2019, vol. 16, issue 13, 1-12

Abstract: Children exposed to negative neighborhood environments are at high risk of experiencing violence. This study aimed to explore the effects of parental perception of neighborhood collective efficacy on parental physical violence (PV) to their preschool children in a county of China. A total of 1337 parents from nine kindergartens were recruited by the stratified random cluster sampling method. Data about parental PV behavior toward children during the past three months, parental perception of neighborhood collective efficacy, together with their attitudes towards the use of corporal punishment to discipline children, and demographic characteristics were collected. Their relationships were investigated by applying multivariable logistic regression models. Overall, 67.5% of the parents reported at least one form of PV during the past three months. The rates of minor PV (MPV) and severe PV (SPV) were 67% and 22.8%, respectively. The results of multivariate logistic regression showed that only social cohesion was associated with lower odds of parental PV and MPV behavior after controlling for covariates. The results suggest that neighborhood collective efficacy is associated with parental PV behavior against their children to some extent, but the effects differ according to the severity level of PV. Neighborhood social cohesion may have a positive role in reducing parental PV behavior in the county surveyed at present study.

Keywords: parental perception of neighborhood collective efficacy; physical violence; preschool children; risk factors; China (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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