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ABADI, MASOUD (2018), Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, CE,B.S., Amirkabir University of Technology, M.S. Sharif University of Technology, Ph.D., Oregon State University

ABAH, TERESA (2020), Assistant Professor of Gerontology, GERO,PhD, University of North Texas, Denton, TX: MS, Benue State University, Makurdi, Nigeria; BS Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Nenue State, Nigeria

ABENDROTH, KATHLEEN (2022), Maryjane Rees Language, Speech and Hearing Center klinik Coordinator, Full-Time Lecturer, CSAD,B.A. Political science University of VirginiaPh.D. Applied Language and Speech Science University of Louisiana at Lafayette

ABULHASSAN, YOUSIF A. (2022), Associate Professor of Public Health, PUBH,B.S. University of Portland; M.I.S.E (Masters of Industrial and Systems Engineering) and Ph.D. Auburn University

ACEVES-AZUARA, ITZEL (2022), Assistant Professor of Psychology, PSYC,

ADAMSON, FRANK (2018), Associate Professor of Education, Graduate an

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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Oct 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Interpers Violence. 2016 Oct 18;34(19):3983–3994. doi: 10.1177/0886260516674197

Abstract

Background

Parental religiosity has been associated with corporal punishment. However, most of this research has focused exclusively on Christians and has not examined physical abuse. Additionally, little is known about how the larger religious environment might be associated with discipline behaviors. In this exploratory study, we examine how individual and county-level religious attendance are related to corporal punishment and physical abuse.

Method

We sampled and surveyed 3,023 parents of children aged 12 and younger from 50 mid-sized California cities. We used weighted Poisson models to calculate the frequency of corporal punishment and physical abuse in the past year.

Results

Parents who attend religious groups used corporal punishment more frequently than parents who did not attend religious