The single-parent family and abusive child punishment.
This retrospective survey of 802 noninstitutionalized adults reveals that abusive punishment in single-parent households is twice that of two-parent families. However, the sex of the single parent was not related to abusive punishment. Parent-child compatibility findings delineate these relationships further.
D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse; D004243:Divorce; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D011678:Punishment; D012306:Risk; D012847:Single Person / Q000523:psychology*