On Hitting Children: A Review of Corporal Punishment in the United States

Journal of Pediatric Health Care

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 103-107

  Knox, Michele ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

corporal punishment; Parenting; violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD WELFARE; HUMAN; INFANT; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL DISEASE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUNISHMENT; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MENTAL DISORDERS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PUNISHMENT; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 77149127431     PISSN: 08915245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedhc.2009.03.001     Document Type: Article

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