Corporal Punishment: Current Rates from a National Survey

To assess the prevalence of corporal punishment usage in the US population. This study was based on a 2014 cross-sectional, telephone survey of a nationally representative sample of US households with children. Reports about spanking of 0–9 year olds were obtained from parents, while reports about 10–17 year olds were obtained from the youth themselves. The survey suggested that a majority of children in the US were not subject to corporal...