TY - JOUR
PY - 2022//
TI - Child exposure to violence and self-regulation in South African preschool-age children from low-income settings
JO - Child abuse and neglect
A1 - Cook, Caylee J.
A1 - Howard, Steven J.
A1 - Cuartas, Jorge
A1 - Makaula, Hleliwe
A1 - Merkley, Rebecca
A1 - Mshudulu, Mbulelo
A1 - Tshetu, Nosibusiso
A1 - Scerif, Gaia
A1 - Draper, Catherine E.
SP - e105944
EP - e105944
VL - 134
IS -
N2 - Biological and psychosocial stressors that have been associated with income include family dynamics such as household chaos, family conflict, maternal depression, harsh parenting, lower parental responsiveness, and exposure to violence. Research from high income countries has shown that exposure to violence may have detrimental effects on children's self-regulation, with possible flow-on implications for broad later-life outcomes, but less is known about such links in low- and- middle income countries, where many children live in violent communities and households and where physical punishment remains the norm. This study aimed to investigate exposure to violence, in addition to coercive parenting, and its associations with self-regulation among 243 3- to 5-year-olds (M = 4.7 ± 0.6; 51.9 % female) from low-income settings in Cape Town and who were not attending Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE).
RESULTS showed that self-regulation was not associated with child exposure to community violence, but it was positively associated with coercive parenting (β = 0.17; p = 0.03). The null concurrent associations between exposure to violence and self-regulation suggest the need for additional research aimed at understanding later potential developmental sequelae. It is important that findings regarding coercive parenting are contextualised within local social norms around parenting styles, as well as the influence of living in dangerous communities on parenting practices. Language: en
LA - en
SN - 0145-2134
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2022.105944
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