Explaining corporal punishment of children: A cross-cultural study
Explaining corporal punishment of children: A cross-cultural study
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DOI：
10.1525/aa.2005.107.4.609
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发表时间：
2005-12-01
影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
Ember, M
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作者：
Ember, CR;Ember, M
在人种学记录中，体罚儿童是许多社会中常见的儿童训练方法。在其他社会，这种情况很少见或很少见。在本文中，我们使用了主要是前工业社会的全球样本，测试了可能解释这种差异的先前和新理论。我们的多元回归分析表明，较高水平的社会分层和政治一体化以及长期使用外币预示着对儿童的频繁体罚。这些发现与我们的理论相一致，即社会可能会实行体罚，以使儿童为生活在本地或强加的（例如殖民）权力不平等的社会中做好准备。此外，在非亲属看护者帮助抚养孩子的社会中，体罚似乎更有可能发生。在不稳定的社会中，不民主的政治决策和暴力文化也预示着儿童会受到体罚。
Corporal punishment of children is a frequent child-training technique in many societies in the ethnographic record. in other societies it is infrequent or rare. Using a worldwide sample of largely preindustrial societies in this article, we test previous and new theories that might explain the variation. Our multiple regression analyses indicate that frequent corporal punishment of children is predicted by higher levels of social stratification and political integration, and long-term use of an alien currency. These findings are consistent with our theory that societies are likely to practice corporal punishment to prepare children for living in a society with native or imposed (e.g., colonial) power inequality. In addition, corporal punishment appears more likely in societies in which nonrelative caretakers help raise children. And in nonpacified societies, undemocratic political decision making and a culture of violence also predict corporal punishment of children.