Harsh corporal punishment of Yemeni children: Occurrence, type and associations

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 766-773

  Alyahri, Abdullah ^a   Goodman, Robert ^b  

^a Hadramaut University   (Yemen)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arab population; Correlates; Harsh corporal punishment; Prevalence; Socio familial factors

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; BATTERED CHILD SYNDROME; BITE; CAREGIVER; CHILD ABUSE; EDUCATION; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; EVALUATION RESEARCH; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROWTH DISORDER; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUNISHMENT; RANDOM SAMPLE; REWARD; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STUNTING SYNDROME; URBAN AREA; YEMEN;

ADULT; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD REARING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHERS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PUNISHMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOLS; TEACHING; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE; YEMEN;

EID: 50449083919     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2008.01.001     Document Type: Article

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