ReviewChild psychiatry and human development2023
Corporal Punishment and Child Development in Low- and- Middle-Income Countries: Progress, Challenges, and Directions.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Physical punishment and lifelong outcomes in low‑ and middle‑income countries: a systematic review and multilevel meta-analysis.Nature human behaviour · 2025Pooled it
- Self-reported spanking history among adults in Canada: Prevalence, experiences, and attitudinal beliefs.Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2026Article
- Spanking and Children's Approaches to Learning: Estimates from a Longitudinal Matched-Sample Design.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Parenting beliefs and psychological distress → stimulation and punishment → young children's behavior: A descriptive study in Colombia.PloS one · 2025Article
- Parenting Interventions to Prevent and Reduce Physical Punishment: A Scoping Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Play Nicely: Evaluation of a Brief Intervention to Reduce Physical Punishment and the Beliefs That Justify It.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Examining the Moderating Role of Parental Stress in the Relationship between Parental Beliefs on Corporal Punishment and Its Utilization as a Behavior Correction Strategy among Colombian Parents.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Physical punishment and child, adolescent, and adult outcomes in low- and middle-income countries: protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis.Systematic reviews · 2022Article
- Is It Time for "Time-In"?: A Pilot Test of the Child-Rearing Technique.Pediatric reports · 2022Article
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Abstract
Most studies and reviews of studies on the developmental consequences of corporal punishment have focused on samples from the U.S. and other high-income countries. This study conducted a rapid review of the literature on the associations between corporal punishment and children's cognitive and social-emotional development in low- and- middle-income countries (LMICs). Information from more than 42 studies of children younger than 18 years living in 64 LMICs was reviewed. Overall, the reviewed studies show associations between corporal punishment and negative cognitive and social-emotional outcomes, and there is no evidence that corporal punishment may relate to any positive developmental outcome in LMICs. Yet, issues of internal and external validity are common in the literature. The current evidence indicates that corporal punishment might increase the risk of detrimental child outcomes in LMICs, but further research with stronger methodological designs including samples from multiple settings is warranted.
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