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Spanking found to increase fear response in children's brains
Author(s) -
Knopf Alison
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the brown university child and adolescent psychopharmacology update
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7567
pISSN - 1527-8395
DOI - 10.1002/cpu.30584
Subject(s) - spanking , corporal punishment , psychology , developmental psychology , child health , mental health , punishment (psychology) , medicine , injury prevention , psychiatry , social psychology , poison control , pediatrics , environmental health
Not surprisingly, spanking children — done by 50% of parents in the United States — elevates fearfulness in children. Researchers writing in the March/April issue of Child Development have now found proof of the connection in the elevated neural response in these children's brains to any possible threat. The study was funded by the National Institute of Mental Health.