@article{ref1,
title="Corporal punishment and primary prevention of physical abuse",
journal="Child abuse and neglect",
year="2000",
author="Straus, Murray A.",
volume="24",
number="9",
pages="1109-1114",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To bring to the attention child maltreatment professionals the potential for primary prevention of physical abuse of ending or reducing corporal punishment by parents. METHOD: The October 1999 special issue of Child Abuse & Neglect on &quot;A National Call to Action: Working Toward the Elimination of Child Maltreatment&quot; was reviewed in relation to coverage of corporal punishment by parents. RESULTS: Corporal punishment was not mentioned in any of the nine articles. CONCLUSIONS: The combination of research showing that corporal punishment is a major risk factor for physical abuse and research showing the wide prevalence and chronicity of corporal punishment suggests that the &quot;National Call For Action&quot; should include steps to end use of corporal punishment as a mode of discipline.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0145-2134",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}