Socioeconomic Gaps in Parents’ Discipline Strategies From 1988 to 2011

The prevalence of corporal punishment is high in the United States despite a 1998 American Academy of Pediatrics policy statement urging against its use. The current study tests whether the socioeconomic difference in its use by parents has changed over the past quarter century. It goes on to test whether socioeconomic differences in the use of nonphysical discipline have also changed over time.Data are drawn from 4 national studies conducted...