Children physically punished by caregivers are nearly five times likelier to experience sexual victimization
Evidence
More specifically, children who had experienced physical assault by a caregiver — including corporal punishment as reported by participants — were 4.8 times more likely to have experienced sexual victimization than children who had experienced no form of assault. — , The Rod and the Child, 7880
Categorization
- XREF: Connects to Finkelhor’s four-preconditions model of sexual abuse discussed in the same episode and to the polyvictimization concept. — connects to: Home corporal punishment undermines child sexual abuse prevention training — , The Rod and the Child: A Global History…, 7929
Related
- Multiple victimization types cluster and predict trauma better than any single type (similarity 0.87)
- Physical punishment reduces the caregiver’s availability as a source of comfort (similarity 0.84)
- Home corporal punishment undermines child sexual abuse prevention training (similarity 0.84)
- Polyvictimization, not any single abuse type, best predicts trauma symptoms (similarity 0.80)
- Any corporal punishment in a year triples a child’s odds of severe physical abuse (similarity 0.80)
- Corporal punishment harms children’s brains through the same mechanisms as physical abuse. (similarity 0.79)
- Harsh physical punishment alone predicts elevated odds of adult psychiatric disorders (similarity 0.79)
- Ordinary physical punishment correlates dose-dependently with severe violence (similarity 0.79)
- Corporal punishment creates inescapable unpredictable aversive conditions for children (similarity 0.78)
Broader Connections
- Home corporal punishment undermines child sexual abuse prevention training
#expands(0.45) — , The Rod and the Child, 7929