Objectives: The purpose of this study is to investigate the perception of corporal punishment as a factor affecting the use of corporal punishment in the home.
Methods: Using 7th World Values Survey (WVS) data, we organized micro and macro factors tha...
Objectives: The purpose of this study is to investigate the perception of corporal punishment as a factor affecting the use of corporal punishment in the home.
Methods: Using 7th World Values Survey (WVS) data, we organized micro and macro factors that affect the perception of corporal punishment. A multi-level model analysis was conducted incorporating factors and macro factors.
Results: Micro factors include the higher the level of education, the lower the subjective household income, the more people think that violence against their wives is justified, and the more they believe that violence against others is justified, the more justifiable is corporal punishment for children. As a macro factor, people were more likely to perceive the use of corporal punishment as justified when living in a country where they felt the level of respect for human rights was low or where violence against others was perceived as justified, and in countries with high survival value, corporal punishment of children was more likely to be used.
Conclusions: In order to improve perception of corporal punishment, policies and systems appropriate to the characteristics of each country should be implemented according to the level of institutionalization of laws related to the prohibition of corporal punishment.