Child outcomes of nonabusive and customary physical punishment by parents: An updated literature review

Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 199-221

  Larzelere, Robert E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Girls and Boys Town   (United States)

Author keywords

Parental discipline; Physical punishment

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUNISHMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PUNISHMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 0034569326     PISSN: 10964037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026473020315     Document Type: Review

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