Mothers' spanking of 3-year-old children and subsequent risk of children's aggressive behavior

Pediatrics

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Taylor, Catherine A ^a   Manganello, Jennifer A ^b   Lee, Shawna J ^c   Rice, Janet C ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child aggressive behavior; Child discipline; Childhood aggression; Corporal punishment; Spank

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD NEGLECT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNISHMENT; STRESS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VICTIM;

AGGRESSION; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD REARING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; ODDS RATIO; PARENTING; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PUNISHMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIALIZATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77951786338     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-2678     Document Type: Article

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