Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Lansford, Jennifer E.
• Wager, Laura B.
• Bates, John E.
• Pettit, Gregory S.
• Dodge, Kenneth A.

Titel

Forms of Spanking and Children's Externalizing Behaviors

Ist Teil von

• Family relations, 2012-04, Vol.61 (2), p.224-236

Ort / Verlag

Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2012

Quelle

Wiley-Blackwell Journals

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Research suggests that corporal punishment is related to higher levels of child externalizing behavior, but there has been controversy regarding whether infrequent, mild spanking predicts child externalizing or whether more severe and frequent forms of corporal punishment account for the link. Mothers rated the frequency with which they spanked and whether they spanked with a hand or object when their child was 6, 7, and 8 years old. Mothers and teachers rated children's externalizing behaviors at each age. Analyses ofcovariance revealed higher levels of mother-reported externalizing behavior for children who experienced harsh spanking. Structural equation models for children who experienced no spanking or mild spanking only revealed that spanking was related to concurrent and prior, but not subsequent, externalizing. Mild spanking in one year was a risk f actor for harsh spanking in the next year. Findings are discussed in the context of efforts to promote children's rights to protection.