Spanking and Child Development: We Know Enough Now To Stop Hitting Our Children.
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چکیده
Spanking remains a common, if controversial, childrearing practice in the United States. In this article, I pair mounting research indicating that spanking is both ineffective and harmful with professional and human rights opinions disavowing the practice. I conclude that spanking is a form of violence against children that should no longer be a part of American childrearing.
منابع مشابه
Beliefs and ideologies linked with approval of corporal punishment: a content analysis of online comments.
This study employs a novel strategy for identifying points of resistance to education efforts aimed at reducing rates of child physical abuse and use of corporal punishment (CP). We analyzed online comments (n = 581) generated in response to media coverage of a study linking CP with increased child aggression. Most comments (71%) reflected approval of hitting children for disciplinary purposes....
متن کاملRelationships between parents' use of corporal punishment and their children's endorsement of spanking and hitting other children.
OBJECTIVES To explore the intergenerational cycle of violence, the present study examined the relationship between parental approval and children's approval of corporal punishment (CP) and the subsequent relationship between children's CP experience and preference for hitting to resolve interpersonal conflict. METHOD Participants consisted of 102 families, parents, and children, ages 3-7 year...
متن کاملSpanking and child development across the first decade of life.
OBJECTIVE To examine the prevalence of maternal and paternal spanking of children at 3 and 5 years of age and the associations between spanking and children's externalizing behavior and receptive vocabulary through age 9. METHODS The Fragile Families and Child Well-Being Study, a longitudinal birth cohort study of children in 20 medium to large US cities, was used. Parental reports of spankin...
متن کاملSpanking and Child Development Across the First Decade of Life
OBJECTIVE: To examine the prevalence of maternal and paternal spanking of children at 3 and 5 years of age and the associations between spanking and children’s externalizing behavior and receptive vocabulary through age 9. METHODS: The Fragile Families and Child Well-Being Study, a longitudinal birth cohort study of children in 20 medium to large US cities, was used. Parental reports of spankin...
متن کاملSpanking and Child Development Across the First Decade of Life
OBJECTIVE: To examine the prevalence of maternal and paternal spanking of children at 3 and 5 years of age and the associations between spanking and children’s externalizing behavior and receptive vocabulary through age 9. METHODS: The Fragile Families and Child Well-Being Study, a longitudinal birth cohort study of children in 20 medium to large US cities, was used. Parental reports of spankin...
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Child development perspectives
دوره 7 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2013