@article{ref1,
title="Reductions in parental use of corporal punishment on pre-school children following participation in the moms' empowerment program",
journal="Journal of interpersonal violence",
year="2019",
author="Grogan-Kaylor, Andrew and Galano, Maria M. and Howell, Kathryn H. and Miller-Graff, Laura and Graham-Bermann, Sandra A.",
volume="34",
number="8",
pages="1563-1582",
abstract="Corporal punishment is a widely used and widely endorsed form of parental discipline. Inter-partner violence places enormous stress upon women. The rate of corporal punishment is higher in homes where other types of domestic violence are also occurring. This study compares two groups: those who participated in an intervention for women exposed to intimate partner violence (The Moms' Empowerment Program [MEP]) and those in a comparison group. Using standardized measures, women in both groups were assessed at baseline and at the end of the program, 5 weeks later. The 113 mothers who participated in the MEP program had significantly improved their parenting, such that they had less use of physical punishment post-intervention. <br><br>FINDINGS suggest that a relatively brief community-based intervention program can reduce the use of parental physical punishment even in disadvantaged populations coping with stressful circumstances.<br><br>© The Author(s) 2016.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0886-2605",
doi="10.1177/0886260516651627",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0886260516651627"
}