1. Objectifs

Intentions :
«The objectives of this study are to: 1) predict parental support intentions in a context of violent parenting (corporal punishment or physical abuse) based on the determinants of these intentions; and 2) explain how background factors impact the determinants of intention.» (p. 167)

2. Méthode

Échantillon/Matériau :
«This study consists of a secondary analysis of data from an online survey conducted by Clément, Dufour, Gagné, and Gilbert (2016). This survey was conducted in 2017–2018 with 1,824 Quebec professionals who spend at least 20% of their work time with minor children and/or their parents. […] In order to meet this study’s objectives, only data on ECEs [early childhood educators] were used (n = 219 respondents). Given their low representativeness in the sample, men were removed for a final sample of 213 women respondents.» (p. 167-168)

Instruments :
Questionnaire

Type de traitement des données :
Analyse statistique

3. Résumé

«While the majority of ECEs say they have an intention to provide parent-directed […] support in physical abuse situations, fewer of them consider offering either parent-directed […] or collaborative […] support in corporal punishment situations. These results are consistent with those of Christodoulou et al. (2019) concerning the fact that ECEs’ support intentions vary according to the degree of severity of the parental violence. This finding is of concern because children ages 3 to 6 are at greater risk of being subjected to corporal punishment than children in other age groups (Clement et al., 2019) and because there is a high risk of the corporal punishment escalating to physical abuse (Gershoff & Grogan-Kaylor, 2016). Moreover, and consistent with Lamboy’s (2009) on potential similarities between support approaches, the study showed that parental support intentions in corporal punishment situations are also associated with parent-directed […] support intentions in a physical abuse situation. However, when parental cooperation is difficult, ECEs may perceive a danger of physical abuse and tend toward an intention of parent-directed […] support (Stipanicic & Lacharite, 2020).» (p. 174)