Prevalence of Corporal Punishment in the United States
Unfortunately, corporal punishment is still perceived to be an acceptable means of parenting despite the conflicting evidence. Studies from the 1990s have found that up…
Relationship of Childhood Abuse and Household Dysfunction to Many of the Leading Causes of Death in Adults
“The relationship of health risk behavior and disease in adulthood to the breadth of exposure to childhood emotional, physical, or sexual abuse, and household dysfunction…
Spanking in Early Childhood and Later Behavior Problems: A Prospective Study of Infants and Young Toddlers
Corporal punishment has severe and lasting effects on children. The abuse can often manifest itself through mental issues of the victims. Slade and Wissow’s study…
Longitudinal Links Between Spanking and Children’s Externalizing Behaviors in a National Sample of Families
This study analyzes the cultural contexts of spanking since the majority of research is performed on middle-class causation Americans. This article seeks to address the…
Spanking by Parents and Subsequent Antisocial Behavior of Children
A scientific study that sought to address the correlations between corporal punishment and antisocial behaviors. The findings demonstrate that when corporal punishment is used with…
Physical Punishment and Mental Disorders: Results from a Nationally Representative US Sample
A plethora of research has linked corporal punishment to lasting mental health issues. Physical aggression towards children may yield mental illnesses, economic ramifications, and aggressive…
The Progression of Child Abuse
Child abuse is often passed generationally. Usually the first symptoms manifest themselves through aggression issues and problems in academia. Mental illness then becomes intertwined with…
Vincent Felitti ACE Studies Abstract
Vincent Felitti’s research cited below summarizes some of the lasting ramifications that dysfunctional familial environments can have on children: Abstract Background: The relationship of health…
Child Abuse Statistics
More than 81 percent of perpetrators of child abuse are parents. Another 6 percent are relatives of the victim.* Children under age four accounted for…