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The current study presents a preliminary evaluation of a Spanish adaptation of an implicit analog procedure, the Parent–child Aggression Acceptability Movie task (Spanish Parent-CAAM). Based on Social Information Processing theory, Spanish Parent-CAAM scores were expected to relate to self-reported PCA attitudes, negative child attributions, and child abuse risk in Spanish students; 245 undergraduates in Spain completed the Spanish Parent-CAAM along with self-report measures of PCA attitudes, negative children attributions, inclination to punish misbehavior, and child abuse risk. Findings indicate Spanish Parent-CAAM scores were significantly related to explicit measures of PCA, attributions of intentional child misbehavior, propensity to punish such misbehavior, and increased child abuse potential. Results are considered within the cultural context of Spain’s corporal punishment ban and PCA attitudes.
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This research was supported by the University of Valencia’s program “VLC-CAMPUS Atracció de Talent” (Grant N° UV-INV-EPC12-67851) awarded to the first author.
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Rodriguez, C.M., Gracia, E. & Lila, M. A Preliminary Evaluation of the Spanish Parent–Child Aggression Acceptability Movie Task in Spain. J Fam Viol 31, 549–555 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-016-9804-4
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