Pediatrics & Therapeutics
Open Access
ISSN: 2161-0665
+44 7868 792050
ISSN: 2161-0665
+44 7868 792050
Hassan Jaghoory
P.O.B. 311, FIN-65101 Vasa
Finland
Research Article
Extreme Physical Punishment in the Home and its Associations with Aggression and Victimization at School: A Study among Young Adolescents in Iran
Author(s): Hassan Jaghoory, Kaj Björkqvist and Karin ÖstermanHassan Jaghoory, Kaj Björkqvist and Karin Österman
Background: Physical punishment in Iran may partly take other forms than in Western countries. This fact has been studied to a relatively small extent so far.
Methods: Data from 1244 young adolescents (649 boys, 595 girls; M age=12.7 yrs, SD=2.1 yrs) was collected in two cities, Mashad and Eylam, in both public and private schools (totaling 24 schools) in Iran. Whether the pupils reported having been exposed to extreme forms of physical punishment (EPP) by parents, such as burning of hands, and breaking of bones, was investigated and served as independent variables in MANOVAs with various types of aggression and victimization in school settings as dependent variables.
Results: Participants who had had their hands burnt (6.5% of respondents), and bones broken (4.9%) as punishment scored significantly higher on both perpetration of and victimization to almost all types o.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2161-0665.1000182