Spanking by Parents and Subsequent Antisocial Behavior of Children

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dc.contributor.authorStraus, M. A., Sugarman, D. B., & Giles-Sims, J.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-23T15:02:01Z
dc.date.available2017-01-23T15:02:01Z
dc.date.issued1997
dc.description.abstractObjective: To deal with the causal relationship between corporal punishment and antisocial behavior (ASB) by considering the level of ASB of the child at the start of the study. Methods: Data from interviews with a national sample of 807 mothers of children aged 6 to 9 years in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth-Child Supplement. Analysis of variance was used to test the hypothesis that when parents use corporal punishment to correct ASB, it increases subsequent ASB. The analysis controlled for the level of ASB at the start of the study, family socioeconomic status, sex of the child, and the extent to which the home provided emotional support and cognitive stimulation. Results: Forty-four percent of the mothers reported spanking their children during the week prior to the study and they spanked them an average of 2.1 times that week. The more spanking at the start of the period, the higher the level of ASB 2 years later. The change is unlikely to be owing to the child's tendency toward ASB or to confounding with demographic characteristics or with parental deficiency in other key aspects of socialization because those variables were statistically controlled. Conclusions: When parents use corporal punishment to reduce ASB, the long-term effect tends to be the opposite. The findings suggest that if parents replace corporal punishment by nonviolent modes of discipline, it could reduce the risk of ASB among children and reduce the level of violence in American society. (Author Abstract)en_US
dc.identifier.citationStraus, M. A., Sugarman, D. B., & Giles-Sims, J. (1997). Spanking by parents and subsequent antisocial behavior of children. Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 151(8), 761-767.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://healingreligion.com/2490/html/CP24.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/3149
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherArchives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicineen_US
dc.subjectchild abuseen_US
dc.subjectphysical abuseen_US
dc.subjectlong term effectsen_US
dc.subjectbehavioral effectsen_US
dc.subjectrisk factorsen_US
dc.subjectresearchen_US
dc.titleSpanking by Parents and Subsequent Antisocial Behavior of Childrenen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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