Parenting Journal · Volume 1 · Issue 1 · Licensed source edition
Preventing Punitive Violence: Implementing Positive Discipline in Everyday Parenting (PDEP) with Marginalized Populations in Bangladesh
Originally published 2023-01-19 · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) · DOI 10.3390/ijerph20031873 ↗
Editorial reading guide · Respect
How can nonviolent parenting education be made understandable and relevant in marginalized communities?
The paper evaluates a relationship-based alternative to humiliating and physical punishment in low-resource settings, with adaptation for participants’ educational backgrounds.
Who was studied?
857 parents in marginalized urban and rural communities in Bangladesh
Age / stage: Parents raising children in high-risk communities; ages vary
Read with three questions
- Why were simplified pre- and posttests used?
- Which changes concerned beliefs, confidence and interpretation of child behavior?
- Did the study establish sustained changes in actual punishment behavior?
Keep the limits in view
There was no controlled causal comparison or later behavioral follow-up. Attitude changes immediately after the program do not establish durable reductions in punishment or child developmental effects.
The text below is the original article’s licensed repository edition. Its wording is not rewritten. Use the Paper Agent beside the text to locate evidence; open the source for figures, tables and complete context.
Opening the verified paper and agent…
Checking the article identity, license record, and saved source text.
Open the repository recordAttribution & reuse
Follow the original.
Original authorship, publication date, journal and DOI are preserved. This issue’s TRICK placement and reading questions are editorial additions, not claims made by the original authors.
Christine A. Ateah; Laila Khondkar; Firozul Milon; Rasheda Rabbani (2023). Preventing Punitive Violence: Implementing Positive Discipline in Everyday Parenting (PDEP) with Marginalized Populations in Bangladesh International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20031873
Permissions checked against the saved article notice; repository publication notices screened 2026-11-04. This is not a new peer-review decision. The source authors and publishers are not represented as endorsing this issue.