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008			110331s2005 eng
040			_aWSS _dAFV
100			_aSmith, Anne B. _92125
245			_aIs physical punishment a mental health risk for children? _cSmith, Anne B. _bPaper presented to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Conference, Dunedin, September 22, 2005
260			_aDunedin, N.Z. _bChildren's Issues Centre, University of Otago _c2005
300			_a22 p. ; computer file : PDF format (197Kb)
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520			_aThis paper explores various international and national research and theory that suggests the disciplining of children with physical punishment is detrimental. The theoretical framework for discipline and punishment is discussed through such theories as socio-cultural theory, social learning theory, and ecological theory. The author provides a summary of the evidence of the effects of physical discipline on children. Five areas of the long-term effects of physical punishment are discussed: social behaviour, cognitive effects, quality of parent-child relationships, mental health, and moral internalisation. This paper also looks at the some of the work to change parental disciplinary practices. The paper concludes that there is little evidence to support the physical punishment of children as a means of discipline. The author suggests that, although compliance is the desired goal behind disciplining children, alternative disciplinary methods may prove to be more positive for long-term outcomes than physical punishment.
650	2	7	_2FVC _aCHILD REARING _9120
650	2	7	_2FVC _aCHILDREN _9127
650	2	7	_2FVC _aDISCIPLINE _9198
650	2	7	_aINTERVENTION _9326
650	2	7	_aMENTAL HEALTH _9377
650	2	7	_aPARENT CHILD RELATIONSHIP _9425
650	2	7	_aPARENTING _9429
651		4	_aNEW ZEALAND _92588
942			_2ddc _cBRIEFING
999			_c2795 _d2795