Corporal Punishment, Maternal Warmth, and Child Adjustment: A Longitudinal Study in Eight Countries

Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 670-685

  Lansford, Jennifer E ^a   Sharma, Chinmayi ^a   Malone, Patrick S ^b   Woodlief, Darren ^b   Dodge, Kenneth A ^a   Oburu, Paul ^c   Pastorelli, Concetta ^d   Skinner, Ann T ^a   Sorbring, Emma ^e   Tapanya, Sombat ^f   Tirado, Liliana Maria Uribe ^d,g   Zelli, Arnaldo ^h   Al Hassan, Suha M ⁱ   Alampay, Liane Peña ^j   Bacchini, Dario ^k   Bombi, Anna Silvia ^d   Bornstein, Marc H ^l   Chang, Lei ^m   Deater Deckard, Kirby ⁿ   Di Giunta, Laura ^d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c MASENO UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY WEST   (Sweden)

^f CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^g Universidad San Buenaventura   (Colombia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ROME FORO ITALICO   (Italy)

ⁱ HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^j ATENEO DE MANILA UNIVERSITY   (Philippines)

^k SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^l Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute for Child Health and Human Development   (United States)

^m CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

ⁿ VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASIA; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COLOMBIA; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; KENYA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUNISHMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY; ASIA; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COLOMBIA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; KENYA; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PUNISHMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84904385711     PISSN: 15374416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15374416.2014.893518     Document Type: Article

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