Parental physical discipline leads to behaviour problems

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Washington: If parents use physical discipline on kids during their childhood, it could lead to behaviour problems in adolescence, concluded two new studies.

Researchers at Duke University, Oklahoma State University, the University of Pittsburgh, Auburn University, and Indiana University conducted the study to explore how discipline changes during childhood and adolescence, and what family factors affect those changes.

They used data collected in two longitudinal studies-one of almost 500 children who were followed from ages 5 to 16, the other of more than 250 children followed from ages 5 to 15.

Text: ANI
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