Parents’ use of physical and verbal punishment: cross-sectional study in underprivileged neighborhoods

Objective: To estimate the past-year prevalence of parental use of verbal and physical discipline in an urban sample. Method: A cross-sectional study was conducted in two underprivileged neighborhoods with nearly 80,000 inhabitants. Complex sampling was used. The households were selected by applying...

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Main Authors: Vagner dos Santos, Paulo Henrique Dourado da Silva, Lenora Gandolfi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-09-01
Series:Jornal de Pediatria
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021755717302024