TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Experience of parental corporal punishment in childhood and adolescence and its effect on punitiveness
JO  - Journal of family violence
A1  - Kemme, Stefanie
A1  - Hanslmaier, Michael
A1  - Pfeiffer, Christian
SP  - 129
EP  - 142
VL  - 29
IS  - 2
N2  - The family, as the primary instance of socialization, plays a key role in nurturing values and attitudes. Based on this notion, this paper looks at how parental corporal punishment in childhood and adolescence, as an expression of a strict, authoritarian upbringing, can influence punitiveness later in life. The results of a representative German sample using multivariate analyses show that individuals who were physically punished or abused by their parents during childhood or adolescence are more punitive than non-victims of parental violence. Based on these findings, the question of whether changing parenting styles might have implications at the macro-level of punitiveness is addressed.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0885-7482
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10896-013-9564-3
ID  - ref1
ER  -