Attitude of parents of hearing-impaired children toward physical punishment and its influencing factors

Objective To understand the attitude of parents parents punishment toward physical punishment and explore the association among their attitude,the experience of childhood physical violence and physical violence against their children,and to provide a basis for the prevention of corporal punishment in hearing-impaired children.Methods A total of 170 hearing-impaired children's parents from 2 schools in Beijing were investigated by anonymous self-administered questionnaires to understand the attitude of corporal punishment.Results Among the parents,48.8% (83/170) had a correct attitude of corporal punishment,but there were no any significant associations between the attitude of corporal punishment and parents' gender,educational attainment,age,child's gender or age(P>0.05).The parents with experience of childhood physical violence victimization was a risk factor of taking a supportive or tolerant attitude towards corporal punishment(OR =2.36,P<0.05),and the attitude of corporal punishment was positively related to physical violence against their children(OR =2.34,P<0.05).Conclusion Parents of hearing-impaired children are found of low accuracy rate of their attiude toward physical punishment,and their attitude of corporal punishment is associated with the experience of childhood physical violence victimization and physical violence against their children.It is suggested that we should pay more attention to the child maltreatment prevention education in parents of hearing-impaired children.