Corporal punishment in schools: Position paper of the Society for Adolescent Medicine

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 385-393

  Greydanus, Donald E ^a   Pratt, Helen D ^a   Spates, C Richard ^b   Blake Dreher, Anne E ^c   Greydanus Gearhart, Marissa A ^d   Patel, Dilip R ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Miller Canfield Paddock and Stone   (United States)

^d Queen's Grant Charter Academy   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MENTAL HEALTH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNISHMENT; SCHOOL; STUDENT; TEACHER; VICTIM; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0037406055     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1054-139X(03)00042-9     Document Type: Article

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