Associations between Lifetime Spanking/Slapping and Adolescent Physical and Mental Health and Behavioral Outcomes: Associations Entre les Fessées/Gifles de Durée de Vie et la Santé Physique et Mentale des Adolescents et les Résultats Comportementaux.
Janique FortierAshley Stewart-TufescuSamantha SalmonHarriet L MacMillanAndrea GonzalezMelissa KimberLaura DuncanTamara L TaillieuIsabel Garces DavilaShannon StruckTracie O AfifiPublished in: Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie (2021)
These findings suggest that lifetime spanking/slapping is uniquely associated with harmful mental, physical, and behavioral outcomes in adolescence, and efforts should focus on its prevention.