Spare the rod and save the child: Assessing the impact of parenting on child behaviour and mental health

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dc.contributor.authorWard, Catherine L
dc.contributor.authorGould, Chandré
dc.contributor.authorKelly, Jane
dc.contributor.authorMauff, Katya
dc.date.accessioned2021-03-19T12:33:46Z
dc.date.available2021-03-19T12:33:46Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractParenting has a considerable impact on children’s behaviour and mental health. Improving child health and behaviour requires an understanding of the relationship between parenting practices; contexual factors such as parental mental health, intimate partner violence, substance abuse and poverty; and children’s behaviour. In this article the authors report the findings of a survey of parenting and child behaviour in a small rural South African community. The findings show that corporal punishment, the stress of parenting and parental mental health are significantly associated with both children’s internalising (depression and anxiety) and externalising (rulebreaking and aggression) symptoms. Intimate partner violence in the home was also associated with children’s externalising symptoms. These findings imply that parent support and training, and an increase in services to address intimate partner violence and mental health problems, should be prioritised as part of a national violence reduction strategy.en_US
dc.identifier.apacitationWard, C. L., Gould, C., Kelly, J., & Mauff, K. (2015). Spare the rod and save the child: Assessing the impact of parenting on child behaviour and mental health. <i>South African Crime Quarterly</i>, 51 9-22. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/33152en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationWard, Catherine L, Chandré Gould, Jane Kelly, and Katya Mauff "Spare the rod and save the child: Assessing the impact of parenting on child behaviour and mental health." <i>South African Crime Quarterly</i> 51, (2015): 9-22. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/33152en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationWard, C.L., Gould, C., Kelly, J. & Mauff, K. 2015. Spare the rod and save the child: Assessing the impact of parenting on child behaviour and mental health. <i>South African Crime Quarterly.</i> 51:9-22. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/33152en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article AU - Ward, Catherine L AU - Gould, Chandré AU - Kelly, Jane AU - Mauff, Katya AB - Parenting has a considerable impact on children’s behaviour and mental health. Improving child health and behaviour requires an understanding of the relationship between parenting practices; contexual factors such as parental mental health, intimate partner violence, substance abuse and poverty; and children’s behaviour. In this article the authors report the findings of a survey of parenting and child behaviour in a small rural South African community. The findings show that corporal punishment, the stress of parenting and parental mental health are significantly associated with both children’s internalising (depression and anxiety) and externalising (rulebreaking and aggression) symptoms. Intimate partner violence in the home was also associated with children’s externalising symptoms. These findings imply that parent support and training, and an increase in services to address intimate partner violence and mental health problems, should be prioritised as part of a national violence reduction strategy. DA - 2015 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - South African Crime Quarterly KW - Violence KW - Parenting KW - child behaviour KW - Mental Health LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PY - 2015 T1 - Spare the rod and save the child: Assessing the impact of parenting on child behaviour and mental health TI - Spare the rod and save the child: Assessing the impact of parenting on child behaviour and mental health UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/33152 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.uri10.4314/sacq.v51i1.2
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/33152
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationWard CL, Gould C, Kelly J, Mauff K. Spare the rod and save the child: Assessing the impact of parenting on child behaviour and mental health. South African Crime Quarterly. 2015;51:9-22. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/33152.en_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Psychologyen_US
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_US
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/en_US
dc.sourceSouth African Crime Quarterlyen_US
dc.source.journalvolume51en_US
dc.source.pagination9-22en_US
dc.source.urihttps://issafrica.org/research/south-african-crime-quarterly
dc.subjectViolenceen_US
dc.subjectParentingen_US
dc.subjectchild behaviouren_US
dc.subjectMental Healthen_US
dc.titleSpare the rod and save the child: Assessing the impact of parenting on child behaviour and mental healthen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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