Title: Corporal punishment and low-income mothers : the role of family structure, race, and class in America /
Authors: Mitchell, Lorelei.
Publisher: Cambria Press,
Year: 2008
Subjects: Corporal punishment of children United States.; Discipline of children United States; Low-income mothers United States.; Child rearing United States
Contents: The evolving American family -- Trends in family formation and configuration -- Effects of family structure on children -- Corporal punishment in the United States -- Definitions of corporal punishment -- Rate, severity, and effects of corporal punishment -- Punishment as a packaged variable -- Factors associated with corporal punishment -- Family structure and corporal punishment -- Conceptual frameworks -- Review of the literature -- Study approach -- Study hypotheses -- Study methodology -- Study design -- Study participants -- Measures -- Dependent variables -- Independent variables -- Control variables -- Procedures -- Approach to data analysis -- Results -- Sample description -- Bivariate associations with discipline practices -- Constructing the multivariate models -- Multivariate analyses : minor assault with high minor assault -- Minor assault -- High minor assault -- The role of race in minor assault -- Discussion -- Primary study findings -- Measures of family composition -- Control variables -- Implications for policy and practice -- Implications for future research -- Limitations of the study -- Conclusion.