Caroline Naudin, Veronica Gatti, Kossi B Kounou, Claude-Olivier Bagnéken, Marie-Chantale Ntjam, Marie-Ève Clément, Fabrice Brodard
Violence against children and adolescents is a widespread problem. However, most studies conducted in this field has been carried out in Western countries and studies are needed in non-Western countries, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa, where rates of child physical violence are high. The present study aimed firstly to document the different forms of physical violence and attitudes toward corporal punishment (CP) across Cameroon, Switzerland, and Togo. The second objective aimed, on the one hand, to understand the influence of cultural context, childhood physical abuse, and parental attitudes on physically violent parental practices in these three different cultural contexts...
December 2023: Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma