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Citation

Zottis GAH, Salum GA, Isolan LR, Manfro GG, Heldt E. J. Pediatr. (SBP) 2014; 90(4): 408-414.

Affiliation

Hospital de ClĂ­nicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Porto Alegre, PR, Brazil; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Sociedade Brasileira de Pediatria)

DOI

10.1016/j.jped.2013.12.009

PMID

24631169

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: to investigate associations between different types of child disciplinary practices and children and adolescents' bullying behavior in a Brazilian sample.

METHODS: cross-sectional study, with a school-based sample of 10- to 15-year-old children and adolescents. child disciplinary practices were assessed using two main subtypes: power-assertive and punitive (psychological aggression, corporal punishment, deprivation of privileges, and penalty tasks) and inductive (explaining, rewarding, and monitoring). A modified version of the Olweus Bully Victim Questionnaire was used to measure the frequency of bullying.

RESULTS: 247 children and adolescents were evaluated and 98 (39.7%) were classified as bullies. Power-assertive and punitive discipline by either mother or father was associated with bullying perpetration by their children. Mothers who mostly used this type of discipline were 4.36 (95% CI: 1.87-10.16; p<0.001) times more likely of having a bully child. Psychological aggression and mild forms of corporal punishment presented the highest odds ratios. Overall inductive discipline was not associated with bullying.

CONCLUSIONS: bullying was associated to parents' assertive and punitive discipline. Finding different ways of disciplining children and adolescents might decrease bullying behavior.


Language: en

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