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040 _aAFVC
100 _aElgar, Frank J.
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245 _aCorporal punishment bans and physical fighting in adolescents :
_ban ecological study of 88 countries
_cFrank J. Elgar, Peter D. Donnelly, Valerie Michaelson, Geneviève Gariépy, Kira E. Riehm, Sophie D. Walsh and William Pickett
260 _bBMJ,
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500 _aBMJ Open, 2018, 8:e021616
520 _aObjective: To examine the association between corporal punishment bans and youth violence at an international level. Design: Ecological study of low-income to high-income 88 countries. Setting: School-based health surveys of students. Participants: 403 604 adolescents. Interventions: National corporal punishment bans. Primary outcome measure: Age-standardised prevalence of frequent physical fighting (ie, 4+ episodes in the previous year) for male and female adolescents in each country. Results: Frequent fighting was more common in males (9.9%, 95% CI 9.1% to 10.7%) than females (2.8%, 95% CI 2.5% to 3.1%) and varied widely between countries, from 0.9% (95% CI 0.8% to 0.9%) in Costa Rican females to 34.8% (95% CI 34.7 to 35.0) in Samoan males. Compared with 20 countries with no ban, the group of 30 countries with full bans (in schools and in the home) experienced 69% the rate of fighting in males and 42% in females. Thirty-eight countries with partial bans (in schools but not in the home) experienced less fighting in females only (56% the rate found in countries without bans). Conclusions: Country prohibition of corporal punishment is associated with less youth violence. Whether bans precipitated changes in child discipline or reflected a social milieu that inhibits youth violence remains unclear due to the study design and data limitations. However, these results support the hypothesis that societies that prohibit the use of corporal punishment are less violent for youth to grow up in than societies that have not. (Authors' abstract). New Zealand is among the 30 states where corporal punishment is banned in all settings (school and home). Data from New Zealand were supplied by the Youth2012 survey. Record #6028
650 _aADOLESCENTS
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650 0 _aCRIMES (SUBSTITUTED SECTION 59) AMENDMENT ACT 2007
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_aCORPORAL PUNISHMENT
650 5 _aDATA ANALYSIS
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_aINTERNATIONAL COMPARISON
650 0 _aSURVEYS
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650 _aYOUNG PEOPLE
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650 _aYOUTH VIOLENCE
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651 4 _aNEW ZEALAND
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700 _aDonnelly, Peter D.
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700 _aMichaelson, Valerie
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700 _aGariépy, Geneviève
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700 _aRiehm, Kira E.
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700 _aWalsh, Sophie D.
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700 _aPickett, William
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773 0 _tBMJ Open, 2018, 8:e021616
830 _aBMJ Open
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856 _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-021616
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