Corporal punishment by American parents: National data on prevalence, chronicity, severity, and duration, in relation to child and family characteristics

Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 55-70

  Straus, Murray A ^a   Stewart, Julie H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Corporal; Ethnic; Gender; Infant; Parent; Physical; Punishment; Region; SES; Spanking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUNISHMENT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; PARENTS; PUNISHMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033140228     PISSN: 10964037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021891529770     Document Type: Article

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