“Children who are spanked have lower IQs, new research finds”(EurekAlert!), DURHAM, NH. - Children who are spanked have lower IQs worldwide, including in the United States, according to new groundbreaking research by University of New Hampshire professor Murray Straus.
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Straus found that children in the United States who were spanked had lower IQs four years later than those who were not spanked.
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Straus also found a lower national average IQ in nations in which spanking was more prevalent. His analysis indicates the strongest link between corporal punishment and IQ was for those whose parents continued to use corporal punishment even when they were teenagers.体罰が一般的な国の子供のIQはそうでない国よりも低いという話…