TY - JOUR AU - Afifi, Tracie O. AU - Mota, Natalie AU - Sareen, Jitender AU - MacMillan, Harriet L. PY - 2017 DA - 2017/05/23 TI - The relationships between harsh physical punishment and child maltreatment in childhood and intimate partner violence in adulthood JO - BMC Public Health SP - 493 VL - 17 IS - 1 AB - Physical punishment of children is an important public health concern. Yet, few studies have examined how physical punishment is related to other types of child maltreatment and violence across the lifespan. Therefore, the objective of the current study was to examine if harsh physical punishment (i.e., being pushed, grabbed, shoved, hit, and/or slapped without causing marks, bruises, or injury) is associated with an increased likelihood of more severe childhood maltreatment (i.e., physical abuse, emotional abuse, sexual abuse, physical neglect, emotional neglect, and exposure to intimate partner violence (IPV)) in childhood and perpetration or victimization of IPV in adulthood. SN - 1471-2458 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-017-4359-8 DO - 10.1186/s12889-017-4359-8 ID - Afifi2017 ER -