The role of parental stress, mother's childhood abuse and perceived consequences of violence in predicting attitudes and attribution in favor of corporal punishment

Journal of Child and Family Studies

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 163-171

  Clément, Marie Ève ^a   Chamberland, Claire ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN OUTAOUAIS   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Childhood abuse; Corporal punishment; Parental attitudes; Parental stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 62449279634     PISSN: 10621024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10826-008-9216-z     Document Type: Article

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