Table 3 Reported discipline practice of parents toward their children during COVID-19 pandemic using adapted ICAST-P in Sohag governorate, Egypt, 2020
From: Impact of COVID-19 pandemic and related isolation measures on violence against children in Egypt
Practice | Respondents (%) (Total no. = 1118) |
|---|---|
Non-violent discipline | 1094 (97.9) |
1. Explained | 308 (28.2) |
2. Told to stop something | 312 (28.5) |
3. Time out | 247 (22.5) |
8. Distracted | 127 (11.6) |
23. Took away privileges | 100 (9.2) |
Moderate physical discipline | 768 (68.7) |
4. Shook child (>2 years) | 193 (25.2) |
6. Hit on buttocks w/object | 99 (12.9) |
7. Hit elsewhere w/object | 85 (11) |
9. Twisted ear | 84 (10.9) |
10. Knuckled back of head | 77 (10) |
11. Pulled hair | 83 (10.8) |
16. Othersa | 0 |
17. Painful kneel/stand | 20 (2.6) |
19. Spanked on buttocks w/bare hands | 33 (4.3) |
20. Spanked elsewhere w/bare hands | 45 (5.9) |
25. Pinched | 26 (3.5) |
26. Slapped face/back of head | 23 (2.9) |
Severe physical discipline | 483 (43.2) |
5. Shook child (< 2 years) | 135 (28) |
15. Kicked | 89 (18.4) |
21. Choked | 76 (15.7) |
30. Smother | 58 (12) |
31. Othersa | 0 |
32. Beat up | 64 (13.3) |
33. Threaten with knife or gun | 61 (12.6) |
35. Othersa | 0 |
Psychological discipline | 992# (88.7) |
12. Threatened to abandon | 134 (13.5) |
13. Shouted | 181 (18.2) |
14. Threatened to invoke spirits | 107 (10.8) |
18. Cursed | 23 (2.3) |
22. Threatened to send away | 121 (12.2) |
24. Insulted | 151 (15.3) |
27. Refused to speak | 51 (5.2) |
28. Withhold food | 103 (10.3) |
29. Told you wished he/she never born | 100 (10.1) |
34. Lock in a dark room | 21 (2.1) |
Violent discipline | 1012 (90.5) |