Social scientists continue to debate the impact of spanking and corporal punishment (CP) on
negative child outcomes including externalizing and internalizing behavior problems and …

Exposure to childhood adversity has an impact on adult mental health, increasing the risk for
depression and suicide. Associations between Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and …

Whether spanking is helpful or harmful to children continues to be the source of
considerable debate among both researchers and the public. This article addresses 2 …

This revised text provides updates that reflect new findings in the field of media violence
research during childhood and adolescence. Throughout the book, special attention is paid …

While the link between parenting and delinquency is well established, there is less
consensus among scholars with regards to the processes that account for this link. The …

This study assessed prospective, bidirectional associations between maternal endorsement
of spanking and children's internalizing and externalizing behavior problems in low-income …

Support for authoritarian approaches to parenting, including corporal punishment, is known
to be elevated among individuals with low current levels of socioeconomic attainment. The …

To read this article's abstract in both Spanish and Mandarin Chinese, please visit the
article's full‐text page on Wiley InterScience (http://interscience. wiley. com/journal/famp) …

Despite the growing number of cross-cultural studies focusing on psychological problems,
little is known about social support outside of western civilization, particularly among people …

This study examined the effects of maternal psychological control on the depressive
symptoms of 152 lower socioeconomic status African American adolescents. After …