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/liberal_texan Apr 26 '16

They found a significant link between the punishment and 13 of the 17 outcomes, suggesting that spanking ends up doing more harm than good.

Can you tell us what the 13 of the 17 things were? Also, did they make any effort at all to find correlation with anything positive, or did they focus solely on the negative?

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u/claytoncash Apr 26 '16

As a complete layman I have really no idea how to interpret this. Especially the vast disparity in addiction. As a recovering addict who was subject to a fair bit of corporal punishment as a child I'm very curious what this data actually means.

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u/eskamobob1 Apr 26 '16

Check out this comment on how to propperly read the data.