Predictors of mothers' use of spanking with their infants

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 649-657

  Combs Orme, Terri ^a   Cain, Daphne S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporal punishment; Infant; Spanking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CORPORAL PUNISHMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MATERNAL AGE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENT COUNSELING; PREDICTION; PUNISHMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPANKING; UNITED STATES;

CHILD ABUSE; CULTURE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; PUNISHMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 46949110449     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2007.08.006     Document Type: Article

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