Corporal Punishment of Children in Nine Countries as a Function of Child Gender and Parent Gender

• Main Authors: Jennifer E. Lansford (Author), Liane Peña Alampay (Author), Suha Al-Hassan (Author), Dario Bacchini (Author), Anna Silvia Bombi (Author), Marc H. Bornstein (Author), Lei Chang (Author), Kirby Deater-Deckard (Author), Laura Di Giunta (Author), Kenneth A. Dodge (Author), Paul Oburu (Author), Concetta Pastorelli (Author), Desmond K. Runyan (Author), Ann T. Skinner (Author), Emma Sorbring (Author), Sombat Tapanya (Author), Liliana Maria Uribe Tirado (Author), Arnaldo Zelli (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background. The purpose of this paper is to contribute to a global perspective on corporal punishment by examining differences between mothers' and fathers' use of corporal punishment with daughters and sons in nine countries. Methods. Interviews were conducted with 1398 mothers, 1146 fath...