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Corporal Punishment

• Dimension's of Discipline Inventory: The DDI measures: (A) Misbehavior by the child. (B) Use of nine discipline techniques such as explanation, corporal punishment, and reward. (C)Ten aspects of the mode of implementing discipline (such as impulsivity) and the context (such as agreement-disagreement between parents on discipline). (D) Degree of approval or disapproval of each of the nine discipline techniques.
  Despite the broad coverage, the DDI is brief - 10 to 20 minutes, average time 15 minutes.
  

• CPB1R - BEATING THE DEVIL OUT OF THEM: CORPORAL PUNISHMENT IN AMERICAN FAMILIES AND ITS EFFECTS ON CHILDREN, 2nd Edition, (Table of contents and order form)
  
• CP3 - Straus, Murray A. 1995. "Corporal punishment of children and depression and suicide in adulthood." in Coercion and Punishment in Long Term Perspective, edited by J. McCord. New York, New York: Cambridge University Press. Also pp. 67-79 in Murray A. Straus. 2001. 2nd Edition. Beating the Devil out of them: Corporal Punishment in American Families and its Effects on Children. New Brunswick, NJ: Lexington Publishers.

• CP07 - Straus, Murray A. and Holly S. Gimpel. 1992. "Corporal punishment by parents and economic achievement: A theoretical model and some preliminary empirical data." in Annual meeting of the American Sociological Association. Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.

• CP10 - Straus, Murray A. and Sean Lauer. In Press. "Crime in ethnic group context." in Murray A. Straus, Emily M. Douglas & Rose Anne Medeiros, The primordial violence: Corporal punishment by parents, cognitive development, and crime. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press.

• CP13 - Straus, M. A., & Yodanis, C. L. (2001). Physical Abuse. In M. A. Straus (Ed.), Beating the Devil out of them: Corporal punishment in American families and its effects on children (chapter 6). New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers.

• CP16 - Giles-Sims, Jean., Murray A. Straus, and David B. Sugarman. 1995. "Child, maternal and family characteristics associated with spanking." Family Relations 44:170-176.

• CP20 - Straus, Murray A. and Nancy Asdigian. In Press. "There was an old women who lived in a shoe: Number of children and corporal punishment." in Murray A. Straus, Emily M. Douglas & Rose Anne Medeiros, The primordial violence: Corporal punishment by parents, cognitive development, and crime. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira.

• CP23 - Straus, Murray A. and Carrie L. Yodanis. 1996. "Corporal punishment in adolescence and physical assaults on spouses later in life: What accounts for the link?" Journal of Marriage and the Family 58:825-841. Also as Physical Assaults On Spouses, In Press, in Murray A. Straus., Emily M. Douglas & Rose Anne Medeiros, The primordial violence: Corporal punishment by parents, cognitive development, and crime. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press.

• CP24 - Straus, Murray, David B. Sugarman, and Jean Giles-Sims. 1997. "Spanking by parents and subsequent antisocial behavior of children." Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine 151:761-767. Also as "The Boomerang Effect" In Straus, Murray A., Emily M. Douglas and Rose Anne Medeiros. In Press. The primordial violence: Corporal punishment by parents, cognitive development, and crime. Walnut Creek, CA: Alta Mira Press.

• CP27 - Straus, Murray A. and Anitia K. Mathur. 1996. "Social change and trends in approval of corporal punishment by parents from 1968 to 1994." Pp. 91-105 in Family violence against children: A challenge for society., edited by D. Frehsee, W. Horn, and K.-D. Bussmann. New York: Walter deGruyter. Also an updated version as "The decline in public support", In press, in Murray A. Straus, Emily M. Douglas and Rose A. Maderios, The primordial violence: Corporal punishment by parents, cognitive development, and crime. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press.

• CP28 - THE FUSION OF SEX AND VIOLENCE

• CP29 - CORPORAL PUNISHMENT OF ADOLESCENTS AND ACADEMIC ATTAINMENT

• CP33/ID33 - CORPORAL PUNISHMENT OF UNIVERISTY STUDENTS IN 17 COUNTRIES AND ITS RELATION TO ASSAULT AND INJURY OF DATING PARTNERS

• CP36 - CORPORAL PUNISHMENT BY AMERICAN PARENTS: NATIONAL DATA ON PREVALENCE, CHRONICITY, SEVERITY, AND DURATION, IN RELATION  TO CHILD AND FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS
  
  
• CP44/ID44 - VIOLENCE SOCIALIZATION IN THE FAMILY AND ITS IMPACT ON ATTUDES ABOUT CORPORAL PUNISHMENT: AN INTERNATINAL PERSPECTIVE

• CP51R -Straus, Murray A. and Mallie J. Paschall. In Press. "Corporal punishment bymothers and development of children's cognitive ability: A Longitudinal study of two Nationally representative age coharts." Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment, and Trauma. Also to be reprinted in Murray A. Straus, Emily Douglas & Rose Anne Medeiros, The primordial violence: Corporal punishment by parents, cognitive development, and crime, Walnut Creek, CA, AltaMira Press.
  

• CP70 - CORPORAL PUNISHMENT AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT SCORES OF YOUNG CHILDREN: A LONGITUDINAL STUDY

• CP71 - VIOLENCE BY CHILDREN AGAINST MOTHERS IN RELATION TO VIOLENCE BETWEEN PARENTS AND CORPORAL  PUNISHMENT BY PARENTS
  
  
• CP76 - Straus, M. A. (2008). Corporal punishment by parents: A Prevalent and chronic trauma in lives of children. Unpublished Manuscript. Family Research Laboratory, University of New Hampshire.
  
  
• CP78 - Straus, M. A., & Douglas, E. M. (2008). Research on spanking by parents: Implications for public policy. The Family Psychologist: Bulletin of the Division of Family Psychology (43), 24(1), 18-20.
  
  
• CP79 - Straus, Murray A. (2008, February 28). "Corporal punishment of children and sexual behavior problems: results from four studies." Paper presented at the American Psychological Association Summit Conference on Violence and Abuse in Interpersonal Relationship, Bethesda, Maryland.
  
  
• CP89/ID89/PR89 - Straus, Murray A. (2008, March 18th & 19th). "Two ignored risk factors for partner violence: Neglect and corporal punishment in childhood." Paper presented at the Inaugural Conference of the International Family Aggression Society, Preston, UK: University of Central Lancashire.
  
  
• CP91/ID91/PR91 - Gamez-Guadix, Manuel and Murray A. Straus. 2008. "Childhood and adolescent victimization and sexual coercion and assault by male and female university students." Durham, NH: Family Research Laboratory, University of New Hampshire.