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In a presentation, she explained that the group of 15 experts in child development and psychology found correlations between physical punishment and an increase in childhood anxiety and depression, an increase in behavioral problems, including aggression, and impaired cognitive development-even when the child's prepunishment behavior and development were taken into consideration.
Scientific American 2010
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