Twenty-Five Years of Physical Punishment Research: What Have We Learned?.
10.5765/jkacap.2017.28.1.20
- Author:
Joan E. DURRANT
1
;
Ron ENSOM
Author Information
1. Department of Community Health Sciences, Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada. Joan.Durrant@umanitoba.ca
- Publication Type:Review
- Keywords:
Physical punishment;
Corporal punishment;
Child abuse;
Child development;
Children's rights
- MeSH:
Brain;
Child;
Child Abuse;
Child Development;
Health Occupations;
Human Rights;
Humans;
Punishment*;
Risk Factors;
United Nations
- From:Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
2017;28(1):20-24
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
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Abstract:
Over the past quarter century, research on physical punishment has proliferated. Almost without exception, these studies have identified physical punishment as a risk factor in children's behavioral, emotional, cognitive and brain development. At the same time, the United Nations has established that physical punishment constitutes a breach of children's basic human rights to protection and dignity. Together, research findings and human rights standards have propelled profound global change. To date, 51 countries have prohibited all physical punishment of children. In this article, we review the literature on physical punishment within its historical context, and provide recommendations for health professionals working with families.
