Charlene Hendricks|Jennifer E. Lansford|Kirby Deater?Deckard|Marc H. Bornstein
Associations Between Child Disabilities and Caregiver Discipline and Violence in Low? and Middle?Income Countries
National Institutes of Health|Duke University|Virginia Tech|National Institutes of Health
using nationally representative samples 45964 two nineyearold children primary caregivers 17 developing countries study examined relations childrens cognitive language sensory motor disabilities caregivers use discipline violence primary caregivers reported childs disabilities whether anyone household used nonviolent discipline psychological aggression physical violence toward target child believed using corporal punishment necessary logistic regression analyses supported hypothesis children disabilities treated harshly children without disabilities findings suggest policies interventions needed work toward united nations goals ensuring children disabilities protected abuse violence