Corporal punishment of children and depression and suicide in adulthood
Abstract
This book chapter summarizes research and presents a coherent explication of the long term psychological effects and social problems resulting from childhood corporal punishment. It builds upon evidence that corporal punishment increases the probability of violent behavior in later life, and investigates the relationship between the amount of corporal punishment experienced with psychological ill effects, notably depression and suicidal ideation as an adult. (NCAC Abstract)
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Book chapter
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Keywords
child abuse, physical abuse, research
Citation
Straus, M. A. (2001). Corporal punishment of children and depression and suicide in adulthood. In: Murray A. Straus, Beating the Devil Out of Them: Corporal Punishment in American Families and Its Effects on Children. 2nd Edition. (pp. 67-79). New Brunswick, NJ: Lexington Publishers.