We know that it varies by race or ethnic group. African-American parents, in particular, spank more often than other groups. Whites and Latinos spank about the same. And Asian-Americans spank the least. What we do also know is that there are not differences in the effects of spanking on children by race or ethnic group. And so with a large national sample, we found that even though African-American parents do spank more often, its not more effective at increasing childrens positive behavior and in fact has the opposite effect and increases childrens aggressive behavior over time.
Posted on: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 07:11:46 +0000