Journal article
Associations between Lifetime Spanking/Slapping and Adolescent Physical and Mental Health and Behavioral Outcomes
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Many parents use physical forms of punishment, including spanking to correct perceived misbehavior. While some authors suggest spanking/slapping is a distinct and "milder" form of physical punishment, parents' use of spanking is consistently associated with poor outcomes for their children. However, less is known about the relationship between spanking/slapping and health and behavioral outcomes in adolescence independent of other …
Authors
Fortier J; Stewart-Tufescu A; Salmon S; MacMillan HL; Gonzalez A; Kimber M; Duncan L; Taillieu T; Davila IG; Struck S
Journal
The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 67, No. 4, pp. 281–289
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Publication Date
4 2022
DOI
10.1177/07067437211000632
ISSN
0706-7437