Objective: (1) To estimate the extent to which male and female university students use verbal sexual coercion and physically forced sex on a dating partner. (2) To test a theoretical model which specifies that corporal punishment, minor forms of neglect by parents, and sexually abuse regardless of the perpetrator, increase the probability of sexually coercing and sexually assaulting a partner, ...

OBJECTIVE This study was undertaken to reveal the prevalence of corporal punishment in Alexandria and its' correlates with family background and child's behavior and characteristics. METHODS A cross sectional survey targeting preparatory and secondary school children was conducted. The multistage random sample technique was adopted to select a representative sample of this population. Subject...

OBJECTIVE This study examines the relationship between parental self-confidence, warmth, and involvement, and corporal punishment in families of children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). METHOD The diagnosis of ADHD was established through clinical interviews with the parents, children, and teachers, according the criteria in DSM-IV-TR. This diagnosis was also established...

This study examined firsthand observations of adults (N = 70) making public verbal threats to physically punish or hurt children. While many adults threatened the child with a "spanking," most used a variety of other terms, some euphemistic and some menacing, to label the threatened event. Angry shouting seemed rare, and swearing was almost nonexistent. Many threatening adults, however, also hi...