The Effect of Corporal Punishment and Verbal Abuse on Delinquency: Mediating Mechanisms

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1095-1110

  Evans, Sara Z ^a   Simons, Leslie Gordon ^b   Simons, Ronald L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporal punishment; Externalizing behavior; Verbal abuse

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUNISHMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PUNISHMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84864115921     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-012-9755-x     Document Type: Article

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