Corporal punishment and physical maltreatment against children: A community study on Chinese parents in Hong Kong

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 893-907

  Tang, Catherine So kum ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese corporal punishment; Chinese parental physical aggression; Chinese parental physical maltreatment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHINESE; CONFLICT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MARRIAGE; PUNISHMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PUNISHMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 33750625229     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2006.02.012     Document Type: Article

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