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ArticleDevelopmental science2026

Cumulative Exposure to Harsh Discipline at Home and School on Child Development: Evidence From Ghana.

Hang Heather Do, Yujie Fu, Richard Appiah, Esinam Ami Avornyo, Elisabetta Aurino, Sharon Wolf

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Hang Heather DoGraduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9836-1722
Yujie FuGraduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0000-6917-6627
Richard AppiahCollege of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1462-5015
Esinam Ami AvornyoInstitute of Education, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0035-9833
Elisabetta AurinoSchool of Economics, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5814-2704
Sharon WolfGraduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8076-8399

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Jacobs Foundation grant number 2021-1417-00Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation, and Universities grant number PID2023-150712NA-I00 MICIU/AEI/10.13039/501100011033
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Abstract

Violence against children violates human rights and fundamentally challenges the global objectives outlined in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Children may frequently experience harsh discipline in both homes and schools, two main settings for early learning and development, yet longitudinal evidence on the developmental consequences of exposure to harsh discipline across these two settings remains scarce in Sub-Saharan Africa. Further, the interaction between harsh discipline at home and in school remains underexplored. Drawing on data from a longitudinal study in Ghana, we examine whether repeated exposure to harsh discipline at home and school across three years (which we define as "cumulative exposure") among pre-primary school children aged 5-8 years (N = 663; M

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Child DevelopmentParentingPunishmentChildChild, PreschoolExecutive FunctionFemaleGhanaHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleSchoolsacademic skillsexecutive functionGhanaharsh disciplineSub‐Saharan Africa

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