Spanking and Children’s Externalizing Behavior Across the First Decade of Life: Evidence for Transactional Processes

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 658-669

  MacKenzie, Michael J ^a   Nicklas, Eric ^a   Brooks Gunn, Jeanne ^b   Waldfogel, Jane ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Cumulative risk; Externalizing; Spanking; Transactional

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; PUNISHMENT;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PUNISHMENT; TRANSACTIONAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84896430038     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-014-0114-y     Document Type: Article

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