Corporal punishment bans and physical fighting in adolescents: an ecological study of 88 countries.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the association between corporal punishment bans and youth violence at an international level.

Design

Ecological study of low-income to high-income 88 countries.

Setting

School-based health surveys of students.

Participants

403 604 adolescents.

Interventions

National corporal punishment bans.

Primary outcome measure

Age-standardised prevalence of frequent physical fighting (ie, 4+ episodes in the previous year) for male and female adolescents in each country.

Results

Frequent fighting was more common in males (9.9%, 95% CI 9.1% to 10.7%) than females (2.8%, 95% CI 2.5% to 3.1%) and varied widely between countries, from 0.9% (95% CI 0.8% to 0.9%) in Costa Rican females to 34.8% (95% CI 34.7 to 35.0) in Samoan males. Comp

SUBMITTER: Elgar FJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6194465 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature