Consequences of Corporal Punishment Among African Americans: The Importance of Context and Outcome

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1273-1285

  Simons, Leslie Gordon ^a   Simons, Ronald L ^b   Su, Xiaoli ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c TROY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent developmental outcomes; Corporal punishment; Parenting styles

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD REARING; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUNISHMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD REARING; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PREVALENCE; PUNISHMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84880513952     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-012-9853-9     Document Type: Article

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