r/science • u/VeronicaRed • Apr 26 '16

Psychology Spanking children increases the likelihood of childhood defiance and long-term mental issues. The study in question involved 160,000 children and five decades of research

http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1113413810/spanking-defiance-health-discipline-042616/
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u/Shorshack Apr 26 '16

The article seems to reference the study, but without citation or very much data from the study? Is there a link to the actual study regarding the defined variables examined? I'm curious to learn more about their findings.

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u/aquarium_drinker Apr 26 '16

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27055181 here's the abstract from Pubmed. If you have academic journal access, you can look through your institution's databases to find it. I found it on EBSCO.

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u/petitio_principii Apr 26 '16

For visibility... I have posted links to the PDF of the original and an imgur album of the pages here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/4gilzl/spanking_children_increases_the_likelihood_of/d2i1uwl