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What is “Discipline” in the Age of Children’s Rights?

by support | Mar 11, 2026 | Research about PDEP

Abstract While the word “discipline” has come to connote control, punishment and obedience, its historic roots are in notions of learning, understanding and gaining knowledge. We trace concepts of discipline through time – from extreme violence to...

Psychometric Characteristics of a Revised Version

by support | Oct 20, 2025 | Research about PDEP

Abstract This study describes the development of the Positive Discipline in Everyday Parenting Questionnaire (PDEPQ), which assesses key parental cognitions underlying punitive parental behaviours, namely 1) Approval of Physical Punishment; 2) Approval of Non-Physical...

Positive Discipline in Everyday Parenting (PDEP)

by support | Oct 20, 2025 | Research about PDEP

THE INTERVENTION Positive Discipline in Everyday Parenting (PDEP) was developed by Joan E. Durrant, PhD, University of Manitoba, in collaboration with Save the Children Sweden and the PDEP Program Development Team (Christine Ateah, Leslie Barker, Ashley...

Preventing Punitive Violence: Preliminary Data on the Positive Discipline in Everyday Parenting (PDEP) Program

by support | Oct 17, 2025 | Research about PDEP

Abstract Most physical violence against children is punitive in intent. The United Nations has called for the elimination of physical punishment of children and for the development of programs teaching nonviolent resolution of parent-child conflict. A focused effort...

Parents’ views of the relevance of a violence prevention program in high, medium, and low human development contexts

by support | Oct 17, 2025 | Research about PDEP

Abstract Every day, almost one billion children around the world experience violent punishment. Eliminating all violence against children is a key target of the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This is a monumental challenge due to the...

Addressing punitive violence against children in Australia, Japan and the Philippines

by support | Oct 17, 2025 | Research about PDEP

Abstract Physical and emotional punishment of children is highly prevalent in the Asia-Pacific region. These actions predict a range of physical and emotional harms, prompting a worldwide effort to eliminate them. A key strategy in this effort is to change parental...
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  • What is “Discipline” in the Age of Children’s Rights?
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  • Parents’ views of the relevance of a violence prevention program in high, medium, and low human development contexts

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