This article has been accepted for publication and undergone full peer review but has not been through the copyediting, typesetting, pagination and proofreading process, which may lead to differences between this version and the Version of Record. Please cite this article as doi: 10.1111/SODE.12427 This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved Does corporal punishment erode the quality of the mother-child interaction in early childhood? Deborah Laible, Ph.D. Lehigh University Alexandra Davis, Ph.D. University of New Mexico Erin Karahuta, Ph.D. Lehigh University Clare Van Norden, M.A. Lehigh University Contact information of corresponding author: Deborah Laible, Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychology, Lehigh University, 17 Memorial Dr. East, Bethlehem, PA, 18015. Data availability statement: The NICHD SECCYD is a publically available data. See https://www.nichd.nih.gov/research/supported/seccyd for information on how to access the data. Accepted Article