Perception of Child Abuse and Child Disciplinary Practice among Adults Abused as Children: Comparison to General Population

The aim of this study was to compare differences in perception and knowledge of child abuse and child disciplinary practices according to the history of child abuse victimization. A questionnaire survey on child abuse was conducted with 491 adults raising children. We compared the perception and knowledge of child abuse and child disciplinary practices between two groups of adults with and without a history of childhood abuse victimization. The group with a history of childhood abuse had lower levels of knowledge of child abuse (F=6.990, p