Parental endorsement of spanking and children's internalizing and externalizing problems in African American and hispanic families

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 22-31

  Coley, Rebekah Levine ^a   Kull, Melissa A ^a   Carrano, Jennifer ^b  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children's behavior problems; Corporal punishment; Spanking; Transactional models

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD REARING; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MOTHER; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; PUNISHMENT; URBAN POPULATION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD REARING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHERS; POVERTY; PUNISHMENT; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84893805202     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0035272     Document Type: Article

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