Predictors of adult attitudes toward corporal punishment of children

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1285-1304

  Gagné, Marie Hélène ^a   Tourigny, Marc ^b   Joly, Jacques ^b   Pouliot Lapointe, Joëlle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Child abuse; Child discipline; Corporal punishment; Parenting practices; Spanking; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD REARING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUNISHMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD REARING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PARENTS; PUNISHMENT; QUEBEC; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 34548354754     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260507304550     Document Type: Article

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