Adverse childhood experiences and use of corporal punishment among women in low-resource settings: a convergent mixed methods study with mothers of children under five in the Dominican Republic
For early child interventions to be effective at preventing use of corporal punishment among women of low socioeconomic position in the Dominican Republic, practitioners should consider low-cost, scalable community-based therapeutic programs that address the impact of traumatic early childhood experiences.
Authors
- Martha Vibbert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5742-6921)
- Heidi Luft (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5926-9050)
- Katherine P. Theall (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6371-1959)
- Adrianne Katrina Nelson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5351-2761)
- Arachu Castro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0428-9174)
- Carl Kendall
- Susana Marín Traura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2068-9066)
- Laura V. Sánchez-Vincitore (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6343-1217)
- Melanie Patricia Frias
Institutions
- Boston University (US)
- Tulane University (US)
- Universidade Federal do Ceará (BR)
- Yale University (US)
- Universidad Iberoamericana (DO)
- Yale New Haven Health System (US)
- The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Women s Health
- Published
- 2025-12-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12905-025-03742-y
- Primary Topic
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00