Study: Disciplinary spanking increases childhood defiance, mental health issues

Researchers at the Universities of Texas and Michigan have found that spanking as a form of punishment only makes children more likely to be defiant and aggressive.The results of extensive analysis were published in the April edition of the Journal of Family Psychology. It was based on five decades worth of research involving more than 160,000 individual children. Researchers say it is the most extensive of scientific investigations into the spanking issue, along with being one of the few to loo