Perceived social norms, expectations, and attitudes toward corporal punishment among an urban community sample of parents

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 254-269

  Taylor, Catherine A ^a   Hamvas, Lauren ^a   Rice, Janet ^a   Newman, Denise L ^a   DeJong, William ^b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Child development; Corporal punishment; Descriptive norms; Expected outcomes; Injunctive norms; Prevention; Social norms; Spanking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD REARING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARENT; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUNISHMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD REARING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PARENTS; PUNISHMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959933866     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-011-9548-7     Document Type: Article

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