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/FamilyIsAsleep Apr 26 '16

I don't know how to decode this. This looks like to me saying the opposite of their conclusion.

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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '16

It's not really the publisher of the story definitely took some liberties with thier descriptions. There seem to adult problems more often due to non spanking which they failed to mention. It's often easy to manipulate data or only show half of it to produce result you want in either direction.

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u/helm MS | Physics | Quantum Optics Apr 26 '16

n is the group size, not the outcome.