Attitudes of Kuwaiti parents toward physical punishment of children

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1189-1202

  Qasem, Fatma S ^a   Mustafa, Ahlam A ^a   Kazem, Nafeesa A ^a   Shah, Nasra M ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Beating; Child disciplining; Kuwait; Parental attitudes; Physical punishment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EDUCATION; HUMAN; KUWAIT; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARABS; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD REARING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KUWAIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PUNISHMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0031773250     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-2134(98)00097-0     Document Type: Article

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