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UNC Study Links Spanking and Physical Abuse

Adam J. Zolotor, M.D., assistant professor in the department of family medicine in the UNC School of Medicine, speaks about his study that shows a link between spanking and physical abuse. Zolotor's study found that mothers who report that they or their partner spanked their child in the past year are nearly three times more likely to state that they also used harsher forms of punishment.