ERC Consolidator Grant · 2024
Uncovering the roots of harsh parenting
Harsh parenting (HP) is the use of corporal or emotional punishment to discipline children. Despite harming children both physically and psychologically, it is widespread and persistent in certain regions and demographic groups. Why? Existing studies on the causes of HP predominantly focus on individual and family factors, ignoring wider contextual factors influencing childrearing practices. Motivated by an ecological framework, HARSH marks a paradigm shift in understanding HP by explicitly exploring cultural, institutional, and economic causes for the first time. It has four main related objectives: 1) Uncover the ancestral cultural origins explaining long-term HP persistence. 2) Identify…
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