Corporal punishment and personality traits in the children of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands

Cross-Cultural Research

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 306-324

  Mathurin, Melba N ^a,b,c   Gielen, Uwe P ^a   Lancaster, Jennifer ^a,b,d,e  

^a St Francis College   (United States)

^b St Croix US Virgin Islands ^*

^c NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Institute for International and Cross Cultural Psychology

^e New York Cognitive Therapy and Wellness Center

Author keywords

Caribbean; Children; Corporal punishment; Personality Assessment Questionnaire; Personality dispositions; Virgin Islands

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745447509     PISSN: 10693971     EISSN: 15523578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1069397105284678     Document Type: Review

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