
{"id":3290,"date":"2008-08-21T06:49:48","date_gmt":"2008-08-21T14:49:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/?p=3290"},"modified":"2008-08-21T06:51:21","modified_gmt":"2008-08-21T14:51:21","slug":"study-spanking-linked-to-abuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/2008\/08\/21\/study-spanking-linked-to-abuse\/","title":{"rendered":"Study: spanking linked to abuse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>UNC News Services<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Spanking has been, and still is, a common method of child discipline used by American parents.<\/p>\n<p>But mothers who report that they or their partner spanked their child in the past year are nearly three times more likely to state that they also used harsher forms of punishment than those who say their child was not spanked, according to a new study led by the Injury Prevention Research Center at the UNC.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nSuch punishments included behaviors considered physically abusive by the researchers, such as beating, burning, kicking, hitting with an object somewhere other than the buttocks or shaking a child less than 2 years old.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153In addition, increases in the frequency of spanking are associated with increased odds of abuse, and mothers who report spanking on the buttocks with an object \u00e2\u20ac\u201d such as a belt or a switch \u00e2\u20ac\u201d are nine times more likely to report abuse, compared to mothers who report no spanking with an object,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Adam  Zolotor, M.D., the study\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s lead author and an assistant professor in the department of family medicine in the UNC School of Medicine. <\/p>\n<p>Although some surveys show evidence of a modest decline in spanking over the last 30 years, recent surveys show that up to 90 percent of children between the ages of 3 and 5 years are spanked by their parents at least occasionally.<\/p>\n<p>Zolotor and co-authors conducted an anonymous telephone survey on parenting of a probability sample of 1,435 mothers in North and South Carolina in 2002.<\/p>\n<p>Statistical analyses of the survey data found that while any spanking was associated with increased risk of abuse, spanking with an object was strongly associated with abuse. <\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153This study demonstrated for the first time that parents who report spanking children with an object and parents who frequently spank children are much more likely to report other harsh punishment acts consistent with physical abuse,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Zolotor said.<\/p>\n<p>The study says that efforts to reduce spanking, especially with an object, through media, educational and legislative means may reduce physical child abuse.<\/p>\n<p>The American Academy of Pediatrics states that \u00e2\u20ac\u0153striking a child with a object is unacceptable and may be dangerous.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Zolotor said the study supports this policy statement by underscoring that while spanking increases the likelihood of physical abuse, frequent spanking and spanking with an object are far more likely to lead to abuse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNC News Services Spanking has been, and still is, a common method of child discipline used by American parents. 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