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Global Perspectives on Gender Inequality, Parental Violence, and Child Development

Award Number: R15HD110944
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 05/23/2023
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 04/30/2026

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Global Perspectives on Gender Inequality, Parental Violence, and Child Development - PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Gender inequality perpetuates harmful norms that justify violence against women and children and is associated with higher rates of family violence. Worldwide, parental physical abuse is a common form of family violence that children are exposed to at alarming rates. Parental engagement in physical abuse is linked to negative child outcomes including depression, anxiety, and aggression that may persist into adulthood. Globally, these continuing mental health and aggression problems may have high financial costs, with effects both on social service systems and developing economies. Despite the substantial scholarship on parent- and family-level predictors of parent-to-child physical violence, important questions remain about societal-level predictors of parental physical abuse and its associations with young children’s development in developing and transitional countries. A further gap in prior literature is the lack of studies that have examined the role of individual child gender in the associations between gender inequality and parental violence against children, considering that girls are likely to be more vulnerable to gender inequality than boys. Using data from over 520,000 families in 57 low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), the current project seeks to address these research gaps by examining the associations of country-level gender inequality and violent social contexts with caregivers’ use of physically abusive behavior and child social-emotional development. We will employ multilevel models using data on parental physical violence against children, family socio-economic characteristics, and children’s social-emotional development from the UNICEF Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) and data on country-level gender inequality and violent social contexts from the United Nations Development Programme on Human Development and the World Health Organization Global Health Observatory. The specific aims are to 1) examine the associations of gender inequality with parental child physical abuse in LMICs, and the moderating role of child gender in these associations, 2) examine the associations of violent social norms and crimes with parental physical abuse in LMICs, and 3) examine the associations of parental physical abuse with child social-emotional development in the context of gender inequality and violent norms and crimes in LMICs, and whether country-level normativeness of physical abuse moderates these associations. The proposed studies will advance the understanding of macro-level social and economic indicators that perpetuate caregivers’ physical violence against children in international contexts. Study findings will inform cross-cultural programs and policies that reduce gender disparities and prevent parental physical abuse to promote child social-emotional development across the globe. In addition, these studies will provide rigorous research engagement opportunities to undergraduate students and graduate students and strengthen the research environment at the University of Michigan-Flint.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $466,637 )
2023	2023	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN	303 E KEARSLEY ST	FLINT	MI	48502	GENESEE	USA	Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research	000	1	5/23/2023	NEW	$466,637
														Subtotal = $466,637

Grand Total All Awards = $466,637

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Global Perspectives on Gender Inequality, Parental Violence, and Child Development

Award Number: R15HD110944

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 05/23/2023

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 04/30/2026

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