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Corporal Punishment as a Stressor Among Youth


  Author: Heather A. Turner, David Finkelhor
Publisher: Journal of Marriage and the Family
Publication: Journal of Marriage and the Family, Vol. 58
Document Date:                  February 1996
Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Discipline
Related Categories:
Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Mental/Emotional Health
 

This article examines the effects of frequency of corporal punishment on the mental and emotional well-being of youth, as determined by psychological distress and clinical depression.  The moderating influence of parental support on the association between corporal punishment and psychological harm is also considered.

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