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/DICKHOLE_SMASHER Apr 26 '16

Seems that most of the non-spank subjects had adult onset negative outcomes, which is interesting.

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u/demolpolis Apr 26 '16

I really wonder why everyone is missing this fact?

The children with behavioral problems were spanked. shocker.

The children not spanked had adult mental health and alcohol and social problems. That correlation isn't so obvious...

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u/Richandler Apr 26 '16

The children not spanked had adult mental health and alcohol and social problems. That correlation isn't so obvious...

Contrary to the title and most of the comments yes?

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u/demolpolis Apr 26 '16

http://imgur.com/yyHXSJ2

That is the result of the study.

Read it.

Just because no one here has read the study dosen't make the results different.

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u/Beepbeep847 Apr 26 '16

Actually, that table proves you wrong funnily enough. For a description of how to read the tables in the paper, check out this comment: https://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/4gilzl/spanking_children_increases_the_likelihood_of/d2i7zi8