Twenty-eight years after the complete ban on the physical punishment of children in Finland: Trends and psychosocial concomitants

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 568-581

  Österman, Karin ^a   Björkqvist, Kaj ^a   Wahlbeck, Kristian ^b  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alcohol abuse; Depression; Divorce; Filicide; Legislation; Mental health problems; Physical punishment; Schizotypal personality; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; CHILD ABUSE; DEPRESSION; DIVORCE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; PUNISHMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOLISM; CHILD ABUSE; DEPRESSION; DIVORCE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PUNISHMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84911494033     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: 10982337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.21537     Document Type: Article

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