Media Mentions of Meta-Analysis of Research on Corporal Punishment
Our meta-analysis (Gershoff & Grogan-Kaylor, 2016) of 50 years of research on corporal punishment received at least 100 mentions in the English language news media. Further, a report from University of Michigan News indicated that the press release from UM News received “more than 100 hits in Spanish, 60 in Chinese, 43 in Portuguese and 23 in India.”
Here are some of the many mentions:
mentioned in the CNN article “These are the countries where spanking is illegal”
featured in The Telegraph article, “Why you should never spank a child - major research project confirms dangers”
featured in The Boston Globe article, “Spanking your kid is about as harmful as child abuse, says study”
featured in the Good Morning America segment, “New Report Says Spanking May Be Linked to Lifelong Social, Mental Health Problems in Kids”
featured in The Atlantic article, “The Strong Evidence Against Spanking”
featured in the Telemundo article, “Estudio: Nalgadas no son buenas para disciplinar”
featured in the U.S. News & World Report article, “Don’t Spank Your Kids, Says 50 Years of Research”
featured in the CNN en Español article, “Por que nunca deberías castigar a tus hijos dándoles palmadas”
cited in the Le Monde article, “La France est-elle prête à interdire la fessée?”
cited in the Vox article, “Parents have been spanking children for millennia. 50 years of scientific evidence says they were wrong”
We discuss some of the implications of research on spanking–including our meta-analysis–in an article for The Conversation.
Joan Lipuscek has written a really nice blog post thinking through some of the issues raised by our research.
Original press releases
University of Michigan:
University of Texas: Risks of Harm From Spanking Confirmed by Researchers