TY - JOUR PY - 2023// TI - Prevalence of and factors contributing to violent discipline in families and its association with violent discipline by teachers and peer violence JO - Child abuse review A1 - Masath, Faustine Bwire A1 - Nkuba, Mabula A1 - Hecker, Tobias SP - e2799 EP - e2799 VL - 32 IS - 4 N2 - Using a multi-informant approach, we assessed 914 children (mean age = 12.58 years, standard deviation [SD] = 1.43) and 893 caregivers (98.3 per cent female, mean age = 40.07 years, SD = 11.46) in Tanzania.

RESULTS showed that 93.3 per cent (n = 828/893) of caregivers reported using violent discipline, while 91.0 per cent (n = 832/914) of the children experienced it in their families. Further, 95.0 per cent (n = 868/914) and 93.7 per cent (n = 853/914) of students experienced violent discipline by teachers and peer violence at school, respectively. In a multilevel path model, children's mental health problems (standardised regression coefficient [β] = 0.192 [CI: 0.130, 0.255], p < 0.001) were associated with their experience of violent discipline in families. Caregivers' own childhood experience of violent discipline ( LA - en SN - 0952-9136 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/car.2799 ID - ref1 ER -