A brief intervention may affect parents attitudes toward using less physical punishment

Family and Community Health

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 106-116

  Scholer, Seth J ^a   Hamilton, Emma C ^b   Johnson, Melissa C ^b   Scott, Theresa A ^b  

^a MONROE CARELL JR CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT VANDERBILT   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Corporal punishment; Mental health; Parenting; Physical punishment; Preschool; Primary care; Violence prevention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PARENT; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUNISHMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PARENTS; PEDIATRICS; PUNISHMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 77949395575     PISSN: 01606379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/FCH.0b013e3181d592ef     Document Type: Article

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