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Synthesize a quarter-century of research on physical punishment and examine its consequences for child development alongside evolving global human rights standards.

January 1, 2017Journal of korean Academy of Child and Adolescent PsychiatryOpen Access

Twenty-Five Years of Physical Punishment Research: What Have We Learned?*

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JDJoan E. DurrantUniversity of Manitoba RERon EnsomChildren's Hospital of Eastern Ontario

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Literature review reveals physical punishment impairs cognitive and emotional development in children, highlighting growing global momentum toward complete prohibition.

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Synthesize a quarter-century of research on physical punishment and examine its consequences for child development alongside evolving global human rights standards.
Reviewed 25 years of multidisciplinary research on physical punishment and child developmental outcomes.
Analyzed legal and policy shifts across 51 countries that have prohibited physical punishment, as well as guidance frameworks for health professionals.
Consistently identified physical punishment as a developmental risk factor linked to adverse behavioral, emotional, cognitive, and brain outcomes.
Identified that international human rights declarations and empirical evidence have contributed to 51 nations legally banning physical punishment of children.

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Durrant et al. (2017) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1f2bc00a1e4e63fe915f8d https://doi.org/10.5765/jkacap.2017.28.1.20

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January 1, 2017Journal of korean Academy of Child and Adolescent PsychiatryOpen Access

Twenty-Five Years of Physical Punishment Research: What Have We Learned?*

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JDJoan E. DurrantUniversity of Manitoba RERon EnsomChildren's Hospital of Eastern Ontario

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Implication

Literature review reveals physical punishment impairs cognitive and emotional development in children, highlighting growing global momentum toward complete prohibition.

Key Points

Synthesize a quarter-century of research on physical punishment and examine its consequences for child development alongside evolving global human rights standards.
Reviewed 25 years of multidisciplinary research on physical punishment and child developmental outcomes.
Analyzed legal and policy shifts across 51 countries that have prohibited physical punishment, as well as guidance frameworks for health professionals.
Consistently identified physical punishment as a developmental risk factor linked to adverse behavioral, emotional, cognitive, and brain outcomes.
Identified that international human rights declarations and empirical evidence have contributed to 51 nations legally banning physical punishment of children.

Cite This Study

Durrant et al. (2017) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1f2bc00a1e4e63fe915f8d https://doi.org/10.5765/jkacap.2017.28.1.20

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