Physical punishment and mental disorders: Results from a nationally representative US sample

Pediatrics

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 184-192

  Afifi, Tracie O ^a   Mota, Natalie P ^a   Dasiewicz, Patricia ^a   MacMillan, Harriet L ^b   Sareen, Jitender ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Child neglect; Mental disorders; Mental health; Personality disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD NEGLECT; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG ABUSE; EMOTIONAL ABUSE; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EMOTIONAL NEGLECT; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PHYSICAL PUNISHMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNISHMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD REARING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MOOD DISORDERS; ODDS RATIO; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PUNISHMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84864513271     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2011-2947     Document Type: Article

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