Spanking, corporal punishment and negative long-term outcomes: A meta-analytic review of longitudinal studies

Clinical Psychology Review

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 196-208

  Ferguson, Christopher J ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Child development; Cognition; Corporal punishment; Internalizing symptoms; Spanking

Indexed keywords

CHILD PARENT RELATION; COGNITION; CORPORAL PUNISHMENT; EFFECT SIZE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PUBLICATION; PUNISHMENT; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPANKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VERBALIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AGGRESSION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENTAL DISORDERS; PUNISHMENT;

EID: 84871585578     PISSN: 02727358     EISSN: 18737811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpr.2012.11.002     Document Type: Review

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