Corporal punishment and youth externalizing behavior in Santiago, Chile

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 481-490

  Ma, Julie ^a   Han, Yoonsun ^b   Grogan Kaylor, Andrew ^b   Delva, Jorge ^b   Castillo, Marcela ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Chile; Corporal punishment; Externalizing behavior; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPORAL PUNISHMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FAMILY RELATION; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PUNISHMENT; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL STATUS; YOUTH EXTERNALIZING BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; CHILE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMOTIONS; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PUNISHMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84863872003     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: 18737757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2012.03.006     Document Type: Article

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