Publication year: 2011
Source: Child Abuse & Neglect, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 25 August 2011
Yating, Ma , Jingqi, Chen , Wanqing, Xiao , Fuman, Wang , Man, Zhang
Objective: To investigate the prevalence of child physical maltreatment (CPM) by parents in a city locating in central-western region of China and identify associated risk factors. Methods: Cross-sectional survey was carried out among a randomly sampled population of primary school students’ parents in Yuncheng City. Data on parental CPM during the past 3 months, definition of CPM, Parenting Scale, parent-child interaction attitudes, social support, socio-demographic background were collected by a self-report questionnaire. Logistic regression analyses were used to investigate the associations between CPM and related risk factors. Results: Of parents from 1,394 primary school students, there were 595 (42.7%) and 301 (21.6%) of them reported…