BACKGROUND Previous studies have shown that women's education is protective against corporal punishment (CP) of children. However, the effect that women's exposure to intimate partner violence (IPV) has on the association between women's education and children's CP has not been studied. OBJECTIVE To understand how the interaction between women's exposure to IPV and their education level influ...

Does spanking involve child abuse, or is it an acceptable form of discipline in Canada? Section 43 of the Criminal Code allows "reasonable" force on the part of a teacher or parent as a disciplinary measure, but an advocacy group believes that this section of the code should be repealed. However, a recent court case indicates that abolition of corporal punishment is not a black-and-white issue.

asserts that "plain common sense?the acquisition of knowledge of the conduct and experience of human beings which comes from a wide experience of life" is a useful asset to the psychologist. He has a poor opinion of the Oedipus Complex, listing it in the Index, as "Oedipus Complex (supposed)." He believes in the individuality of each child, and even suggests that some can benefit from corporal ...

This study assessed the relationship between parental punishment and depression as well as quality of life in children with primary monosymptomatic nocturnal enuresis (PMNE). A consecutive sample of 65 children (7-13 years) with PMNE and 40 healthy children, selected as controls (Group III), were included in the study. The children with PMNE were further sub-classified into two groups: Group I,...

OBJECTIVES This study examined whether mothers' experience of violence was a risk factor for physical punishment. METHODS Data were derived from the nationally representative 2000 Peru Demographic and Family Health Survey. Participants were 12,601 currently married women who were living with biological children aged 0-17 years and were responsible for disciplining the children. A multinomial ...

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a delayed and/or protracted response to exceptionally threatening or catastrophic events. The event is persistently remembered or relived with concomitant distress sometimes even leading to harmful life-long psychological sequelae. We present a 6-year old boy who developed the classical syndrome following corporal punishment at school when his class teac...