The Impact of Social and Cultural Capital on Parental Knowledge and Practice on Child Abuse (The Case Study of Rasht City)

Generally speaking, it is overwhelmingly important to explore the underlying factors of the child abuse problem. This is also the key objective of the present study. It uses Bourdieu's perspective and focuses on the role of socio-economic and cultural capital on parental knowledge and practice on child abuse. The discussion of this paper is based on the results of a survey conducted in Rasht City. The survey includes 301 parents with children younger than 18 years old. According to the results of this study, parental knowledge and practice on child abuse are significantly associated with socio-economic and cultural capital. This suggests that parents with a greater level of socio-economic and cultural capital are more likely to hold higher knowledge and more appropriate practice on child abuse.