Corporal Punishment and Elevated Neural Response to Threat in Children.
Child Dev
; 92(3): 821-832, 2021 05.
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ABSTRACT
Spanking remains common around the world, despite evidence linking corporal punishment to detrimental child outcomes. This study tested whether children (Mage = 11.60) who were spanked (N = 40) exhibited altered neural function in response to stimuli that suggest the presence of an environmental threat compared to children who were not spanked (N = 107). Children who were spanked exhibited greater activation in multiple regions of the medial and lateral prefrontal cortex (PFC), including dorsal anterior cingulate cortex, dorsomedial PFC, bilateral frontal pole, and left middle frontal gyrus in response to fearful relative to neutral faces compared to children who were not spanked. These findings suggest that spanking may alter neural responses to environmental threats in a manner similar to more severe forms of maltreatment.
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Assunto principal:
Punição
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Maus-Tratos Infantis
Limite:
Child
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2021
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Article