Corporal punishment in cross-cultural perspective: Directions for a research agenda

Cross-Cultural Research

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 220-249

  Ripoll Núñez, Karen J ^a,b   Rohner, Ronald P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Corporal punishment; Cross cultural research; Methodological issues; Parental acceptance rejection

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745466166     PISSN: 10693971     EISSN: 15523578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1069397105284395     Document Type: Review

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