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📚 New research from rural Côte d’Ivoire:
🔴 Higher maternal stress, anxiety, and food insecurity predict harsh discipline.
🟢 Parents' educational aspirations for children are protective.
🔍 A call for reducing poverty & consequent poor mental health + stress.
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Predictors of harsh discipline practices among rural households in Côte d'Ivoire
Harsh discipline is associated with adverse child outcomes across diverse contexts, but research is limited in sub–Saharan Africa. We assess the preva…
