Aust N Z J Public Health June 2023 PMID 37142485

Corporal punishment of children in Australia: The evidence-based case for legislative reform.

Sophie S Havighurst, Ben Mathews, Frances L Doyle, Divna M Haslam, Karl Andriessen, Carmen Cubillo, Sharon Dawe, David J Hawes, Cynthia Leung, Trevor G Mazzucchelli, Alina Morawska, Sarah Whittle, Carys Chainey, Daryl J Higgins

Mentions

40
Peak: 24 in May 2023
across 2 sources since May 2023

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Video views

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May 2023 – Nov 2025

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AI synopsis

What people are saying

The collective discussions demonstrate strong support for the publication, with posts emphasizing the importance of reform and citing evidence of harm, often using impactful language like 'urgent reform' and 'human rights violation.' The tone and context reflect a shared concern about child welfare and recognition of the research's role in driving policy change.

AgreementStrong agreement

Most discussions strongly support the findings of the publication, emphasizing the need for legislative reform and highlighting the harms caused by corporal punishment, indicating a high level of consensus.

InterestHigh interest

The topics garner high interest, with multiple posts referencing statistical data, legal implications, and ongoing debates about child welfare in Australia, reflecting active engagement.

EngagementHigh engagement

Many discussions involve sharing research summaries, retweeting key points, and citing additional sources, suggesting deep engagement with the material and its implications.

ImpactHigh impact

The posts highlight significant potential impact, with some framing the research as a crucial step towards legal change and improved child rights, indicating the discussions could influence policy and public opinion.

Abstract in brief

  • The paper discusses how in Australia, it is currently legal for parents to hit their children, and it argues for legal changes to prohibit corporal punishment based on international human rights agreements and evidence of harm.
  • It reviews successful examples from other countries where legal reform, public education campaigns, and access to nonviolent discipline strategies have led to reductions in corporal punishment and improved child outcomes.
  • The authors recommend Australia enact laws banning corporal punishment, launch public health campaigns to raise awareness, provide parenting support, and conduct surveys to monitor the impact of these changes.]

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Dr. Fran Doyle
@DrFranDoyle · X

Our research paper on the evidence-based case for legislative reform to reduce corporal punishment of Australian children is published here: https://t.co/siEqmJKXKa https://t.co/4qakR0vhRs

May 13, 2024 · 11 likes · 8 shares · 503 followers View post →
ACU_ICPS
@ACU_ICPS · X

More evidence to support push to make smacking illegal. @HigginsDaryl on need to end physical punishment of Australian children #EPPAC after @anzjph paper w/ evidence on benefits of legislative reform to #EndCorporalPunishment https://t.co/iQq7guJsda https://t.co/UhFFwORxXB

May 3, 2023 · 8 likes · 6 shares · 2,139 followers View post →
Griffith Centre for Mental Health
@Griffith_CMH · X

GCMH member Prof Sharon Dawe has recently co-authored a paper on #corporalpunishment @SSHavighurst @BenMathews9 @DrFranDoyle @DivnaHaslam @KarlAndriessen @David_J_Hawes @DrMazzucchelli @AlinaMorawska @CarysChainey @HigginsDaryl https://t.co/mTMcFNaFoe

May 8, 2023 · 6 likes · 2 shares · 348 followers View post →
Australian Centre for Health Law Research (ACHLR)
@HealthLawQUT · X

Another important new piece led by Sophie Havighurst with ACHLR's @BenMathews9 & @DivnaHaslam, as well as other co-authors. Open access - Corporal punishment of children in Australia: The evidence-based case ... https://t.co/xLu3RCJPvX

May 2, 2023 · 4 likes · 1 share · 1,751 followers View post →
ACU_ICPS
@ACU_ICPS · X

"Corporal punishment of children in Australia: The evidence-based case for legislative reform" — Read it on @ResearchGate and see all 14 authors, members of @PAFRA_Official that is supporting ending physical punishment of Australian children #EPPAC : https://t.co/A9GTSm7wYn

May 10, 2023 · 3 likes · 3 shares · 2,139 followers View post →
Australian Centre for Health Law Research (ACHLR)
@HealthLawQUT · X

This really important paper was co-authored with @BenMathews9 & @DivnaHaslam Corporal punishment of children in Australia: The evidence-based case ... https://t.co/xLu3RCJhGp

May 18, 2023 · 3 likes · 2 shares · 1,751 followers View post →

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Amine Abes
@terskey · X

@emmanuel_dck @mihommemidieu @Tsailemec_ @CerfiaFR Compliqué depuis mon téléphone, mais globalement avec une recherche rapide, je tombe sur : - orienté petite enfance : - https://t.co/RDUKq778kt - https://t.co/lVi5ZZ5MPY - Étude en Australie suite à l'autorisation des châtiments corporels dans la loi : - https://t.co/hJaiI0kqJJ

Dec 18, 2024 · 453 followers View post →
Rob Purssey
@RPurssey · X

RT @DrFranDoyle: Our research paper on the evidence-based case for legislative reform to reduce corporal punishment of Australian children…

May 14, 2024 · 8 shares · 810 followers View post →
ACU_ICPS
@ACU_ICPS · X

RT @DrFranDoyle: Our research paper on the evidence-based case for legislative reform to reduce corporal punishment of Australian children…

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SnowStormYou
@snowstormyou · X

RT @DrFranDoyle: Our research paper on the evidence-based case for legislative reform to reduce corporal punishment of Australian children…

May 14, 2024 · 8 shares · 12,156 followers View post →
Professor Michael Flood
@MichaelGLFlood · X

RT @DrFranDoyle: Our research paper on the evidence-based case for legislative reform to reduce corporal punishment of Australian children…

May 14, 2024 · 8 shares · 24,094 followers View post →
Daryl Higgins
@HigginsDaryl · X

RT @DrFranDoyle: Our research paper on the evidence-based case for legislative reform to reduce corporal punishment of Australian children…

May 14, 2024 · 8 shares · 1,728 followers View post →
Koa Whittingham
@WhittinghamKoa · X

RT @DrFranDoyle: Our research paper on the evidence-based case for legislative reform to reduce corporal punishment of Australian children…

May 14, 2024 · 8 shares · 1,155 followers View post →
A/Prof Divna Haslam (She/her)
@DivnaHaslam · X

RT @DrFranDoyle: Our research paper on the evidence-based case for legislative reform to reduce corporal punishment of Australian children…

May 14, 2024 · 8 shares · 746 followers View post →
David Hawes
@David_J_Hawes · X

RT @DrFranDoyle: Our research paper on the evidence-based case for legislative reform to reduce corporal punishment of Australian children…

May 13, 2024 · 8 shares · 1,078 followers View post →
Dr. Fran Doyle
@DrFranDoyle · X

Our research paper on the evidence-based case for legislative reform to reduce corporal punishment of Australian children is published here: https://t.co/siEqmJKXKa https://t.co/4qakR0vhRs

May 13, 2024 · 11 likes · 8 shares · 503 followers View post →
ACU_ICPS
@ACU_ICPS · X

RT @DivnaHaslam: And for the researchers following here is the article. https://t.co/TdW3oi0zdK. We will also be publishing the first Aus…

Jul 27, 2023 · 2 shares · 2,139 followers View post →
Daryl Higgins
@HigginsDaryl · X

RT @DivnaHaslam: And for the researchers following here is the article. https://t.co/TdW3oi0zdK. We will also be publishing the first Aus…

Jul 26, 2023 · 2 shares · 1,728 followers View post →
ACU_ICPS
@ACU_ICPS · X

Australia's failure to outlaw the smacking of children as a United Nations human rights violation, mentioned in @abcnews today, refers to this paper by a team of legal scholars & psychologists. Read the paper: https://t.co/iQq7guJsda

Jul 26, 2023 · 2,139 followers View post →
A/Prof Divna Haslam (She/her)
@DivnaHaslam · X

And for the researchers following here is the article. https://t.co/TdW3oi0zdK. We will also be publishing the first Australian national prevalence rates obtained from the #ACMS shortly. it is still used by far too many. Stay tuned 2/2

Jul 26, 2023 · 2 likes · 2 shares · 746 followers View post →
A/Prof Divna Haslam (She/her)
@DivnaHaslam · X

RT @HealthLawQUT: This really important paper was co-authored with @BenMathews9 & @DivnaHaslam Corporal punishment of children in Australi…

May 18, 2023 · 2 shares · 746 followers View post →
Professor Tina Cockburn
@tcockburn · X

RT @HealthLawQUT: This really important paper was co-authored with @BenMathews9 & @DivnaHaslam Corporal punishment of children in Australi…

May 18, 2023 · 2 shares · 642 followers View post →
Australian Centre for Health Law Research (ACHLR)
@HealthLawQUT · X

This really important paper was co-authored with @BenMathews9 & @DivnaHaslam Corporal punishment of children in Australia: The evidence-based case ... https://t.co/xLu3RCJhGp

May 18, 2023 · 3 likes · 2 shares · 1,751 followers View post →
TERRY RUDD
@terryrudd1964 · X

RT @terryrudd1964: Corporal punishment of children in Australia: The evidence-based case ... https://t.co/7Uwed3JM5U

May 17, 2023 · 1 share · 1,391 followers View post →
TERRY RUDD
@terryrudd1964 · X

Corporal punishment of children in Australia: The evidence-based case ... https://t.co/7Uwed3JM5U

May 17, 2023 · 1 like · 1 share · 1,391 followers View post →
Parenting and Family Research Alliance
@PAFRA_Official · X

RT @ACU_ICPS: "Corporal punishment of children in Australia: The evidence-based case for legislative reform" — Read it on @ResearchGate and…

May 10, 2023 · 3 shares · 748 followers View post →
Karen Flanagan AM
@KarenFlanaganAM · X

RT @ACU_ICPS: "Corporal punishment of children in Australia: The evidence-based case for legislative reform" — Read it on @ResearchGate and…

May 10, 2023 · 3 shares · 479 followers View post →
Paul Hotton
@drhotton · X

RT @ACU_ICPS: "Corporal punishment of children in Australia: The evidence-based case for legislative reform" — Read it on @ResearchGate and…

May 10, 2023 · 3 shares · 110 followers View post →
ACU_ICPS
@ACU_ICPS · X

"Corporal punishment of children in Australia: The evidence-based case for legislative reform" — Read it on @ResearchGate and see all 14 authors, members of @PAFRA_Official that is supporting ending physical punishment of Australian children #EPPAC : https://t.co/A9GTSm7wYn

May 10, 2023 · 3 likes · 3 shares · 2,139 followers View post →
Dr Karl Andriessen
@KarlAndriessen · X

RT @Griffith_CMH: GCMH member Prof Sharon Dawe has recently co-authored a paper on #corporalpunishment @SSHavighurst @BenMathews9 @DrFranDo…

May 8, 2023 · 2 shares · 644 followers View post →
Daryl Higgins
@HigginsDaryl · X

RT @Griffith_CMH: GCMH member Prof Sharon Dawe has recently co-authored a paper on #corporalpunishment @SSHavighurst @BenMathews9 @DrFranDo…

May 8, 2023 · 2 shares · 1,728 followers View post →
Griffith Centre for Mental Health
@Griffith_CMH · X

GCMH member Prof Sharon Dawe has recently co-authored a paper on #corporalpunishment @SSHavighurst @BenMathews9 @DrFranDoyle @DivnaHaslam @KarlAndriessen @David_J_Hawes @DrMazzucchelli @AlinaMorawska @CarysChainey @HigginsDaryl https://t.co/mTMcFNaFoe

May 8, 2023 · 6 likes · 2 shares · 348 followers View post →
Daryl Higgins
@HigginsDaryl · X

@scipio_general @9NewsMelb @ACU_ICPS @DougalBeatty And this research review was published in another highly reputable journal: https://t.co/VRoIjPNvqD

May 7, 2023 · 1,728 followers View post →
TERRY RUDD
@terryrudd1964 · X

RT @ACU_ICPS: More evidence to support push to make smacking illegal. @HigginsDaryl on need to end physical punishment of Australian childr…

May 3, 2023 · 6 shares · 1,391 followers View post →
Tiredbutappy
@tiredbutappy · X

RT @ACU_ICPS: More evidence to support push to make smacking illegal. @HigginsDaryl on need to end physical punishment of Australian childr…

May 3, 2023 · 6 shares · 620 followers View post →
celebrity kid
@celebrikid · X

RT @ACU_ICPS: More evidence to support push to make smacking illegal. @HigginsDaryl on need to end physical punishment of Australian childr…

May 3, 2023 · 6 shares · 1,072 followers View post →
Dr. Fran Doyle
@DrFranDoyle · X

RT @ACU_ICPS: More evidence to support push to make smacking illegal. @HigginsDaryl on need to end physical punishment of Australian childr…

May 3, 2023 · 6 shares · 503 followers View post →
Daryl Higgins
@HigginsDaryl · X

RT @ACU_ICPS: More evidence to support push to make smacking illegal. @HigginsDaryl on need to end physical punishment of Australian childr…

May 3, 2023 · 6 shares · 1,728 followers View post →
End Corporal Punishment
@GIendcorpun · X

RT @ACU_ICPS: More evidence to support push to make smacking illegal. @HigginsDaryl on need to end physical punishment of Australian childr…

May 3, 2023 · 6 shares · 3,851 followers View post →
ACU_ICPS
@ACU_ICPS · X

More evidence to support push to make smacking illegal. @HigginsDaryl on need to end physical punishment of Australian children #EPPAC after @anzjph paper w/ evidence on benefits of legislative reform to #EndCorporalPunishment https://t.co/iQq7guJsda https://t.co/UhFFwORxXB

May 3, 2023 · 8 likes · 6 shares · 2,139 followers View post →
Daryl Higgins
@HigginsDaryl · X

RT @ACU_ICPS: Corporal punishment of children in Australia: The evidence-based case for legislative reform. The facts on the harm to childr…

May 2, 2023 · 1 share · 1,728 followers View post →
A/Prof Divna Haslam (She/her)
@DivnaHaslam · X

RT @HealthLawQUT: Another important new piece led by Sophie Havighurst with ACHLR's @BenMathews9 & @DivnaHaslam, as well as other co-author…

May 2, 2023 · 1 share · 746 followers View post →
Australian Centre for Health Law Research (ACHLR)
@HealthLawQUT · X

Another important new piece led by Sophie Havighurst with ACHLR's @BenMathews9 & @DivnaHaslam, as well as other co-authors. Open access - Corporal punishment of children in Australia: The evidence-based case ... https://t.co/xLu3RCJPvX

May 2, 2023 · 4 likes · 1 share · 1,751 followers View post →
ACU_ICPS
@ACU_ICPS · X

Corporal punishment of children in Australia: The evidence-based case for legislative reform. The facts on the harm to children calls for urgent reform on current Aust legislation that allows children to be physically punished in the home. https://t.co/jEw1ZYYbrH

May 2, 2023 · 1 like · 1 share · 2,139 followers View post →