ion, overgeneralizing, and personalizing), which support the idea that children who receive corporal punishment frequently are more likely to think that ambiguous situations are going to end badly. These negative cognitions may carry over into other situations, ultimately affecting the child’s overall mood.

In January 2020, the Welsh parliament passed Children (Abolition of Defence Reasonable Punishment) (Wales) Act to repeal “reasonable punishment” defence. The states that “corporal punishment a child taking place in Wales cannot be justified any civil or criminal proceedings on ground it constituted reasonable punishment.” also compels Government promote public awareness and monitor report impac...

Abstract. Despite corporal punishment being associated with negative developmental outcomes for children, it is commonly practiced in Malaysian courts, schools, and homes. This study examined the relationships among Dark Tetrad personality traits (Machiavellianism, narcissism, psychopathy, sadism), anger rumination, attitudes toward of children. Two hundred sixty-three participants from a unive...

BACKGROUND Physical punishment of children is an important public health concern. Yet, few studies have examined how physical punishment is related to other types of child maltreatment and violence across the lifespan. Therefore, the objective of the current study was to examine if harsh physical punishment (i.e., being pushed, grabbed, shoved, hit, and/or slapped without causing marks, bruises...

We present data on corporal punishment (CP) by a nationally representative sample of 991 American parents interviewed in 1995. Six types of CP were examined: slaps on the hand or leg, spanking on the buttocks, pinching, shaking, hitting on the buttocks with a belt or paddle, and slapping in the face. The overall prevalence rate (the percentage of parents using any of these types of CP during th...