Ethnic/Racial Differences in the Prevalence of Injurious Spanking and Other Child Physical Abuse in a National Survey of Adolescents
Abstract
Limited research has examined whether similar patterns in injurious spanking and other forms of child physical abuse (CPA) exist across specific ethnic/racial groups. The authors examined and compared differences in the lifetime prevalence of injurious spanking and CPA in two national samples of adolescents across ethnic/racial groups and over time. Participants were 4,023 youth (12—17 years) and 3,614 youth (12—17 years) who participated in the 1995 National Survey of Adolescents (NSA) and 2005 National Survey of Adolescents—Replication (NSA-R), respectively. Adolescents, who were identified through random digit dial procedures, completed a telephone interview assessment. Results indicated significant ethnic/racial variation across groups in reports of injurious spanking in the NSA and the NSA-R samples; however, significant differences were not observed within groups between the two samples over time. Ethnic/racial differences also were found between groups in reports of CPA in the NSA-R sample. Limitations and future directions of this research are discussed.
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African Americans disproportionately experience CPA relative to individuals from other ethno-racial groups.
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- Authors
- Oscea Hawkins, A., Kmett Danielson, C., de Arellano, M. A., Hanson, R. F., Ruggiero, K. J., Smith, D. W., Saunders, B. E., & Kilpatrick, D. G.
- Affiliations
- Department of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine at Rockford, University of Illinois, Rockford, Illinois,
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
- Medical University of South Carolina (US)
- ORCID
- Venue
- Child Maltreatment
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2010-05-24
- Volume
- 15
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 242-249
- ISSN
- 1077-5595 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-6119
- OpenAlex
- W2055198356
- Cited by
- 45
- References
- 15
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 7 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 3
- FWCI
- 2.82
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Child Maltreatment (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (K23DA018686)
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R01HD046830)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child Abuse and Trauma
- Social Sciences › Health › Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Child Abuse and Related Trauma
- Keywords
- child physical abuse, racial and ethnic differences, adolescents, lifetime prevalence, cross-national comparison
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Asian, Black or African American, Child Abuse, Ethnicity, Health Surveys, Hispanic or Latino, Humans, Indians, North American, Punishment, United States, Prevalence, Chi-Square Distribution, Logistic Models, Odds Ratio, White People, Racial Groups
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