Religious beliefs, sociopolitical ideology, and attitudes toward corporal punishment

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 320-340

  Ellison, Christopher G ^a   Bradshaw, Matt ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

Author keywords

Child rearing; Conservatism; Evangelical Protestantism; Fundamentalism; Spanking

Indexed keywords

EID: 59349103296     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X08326331     Document Type: Article

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