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A survey of teachers' attitudes towards corporal punishment after the abolition of corporal punishment
… heralded the start of the complete abolition of corporal punishment within all South African schools. The object of this investigation was to explore teachers' attitudes towards the abolition of corporal punishment and the factors that would contribute towards their attitude. The research …
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Corporal Punishment: Opinion Vs. Research
Corporal punishment is a heated topic, especially in Mississippi. The use of corporal punishment is deeply rooted in culture and religion for many. Many people feel that it is an acceptable method of disciplining children at home and in school although research has disproved this idea. In many …
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Corporal Punishment And Its Association With Anxiety In Youth
… examine the association between parental use of corporal punishment and anxiety in youth. Parental warmth, child's age, and child's ethnicity were examined in order to explore their effects on the association. Parents and their children (ages 6 – 17; N=153) completed the parent and child versions …
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Effects of Corporal Punishment on Survival and Coping Beliefs.
<p>Corporal punishment is an accepted and widely used form of discipline in the United Stated. Frequent use of corporal punishment has been correlated with many maladaptive outcomes and depressive symptoms in adulthood. The Reasons for Living Inventory - Survival and Coping Beliefs subscale …
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Spare the rod? The college student perception on corporal punishment
… study explores college students' perceptions of corporal punishment with a specific focus on how religious affiliation influences attitudes towards corporal punishment. The data is based on a convenience sample of 318 students attending a southern university. All subjects were administered the …
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Psychophysiological Markers of Cognitive Reactions to Depictions of Corporal Punishment
… in reaction to photos depicting conditions of corporal punishment, nonphysical punishment, and a neutral control. Detections in skin conductance (SCR) were used to examine autonomic stress response. The current study examined executive working memory (WM) processes as influenced by cognitive …
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Alternatives to corporal punishment in maintaining discipline in rural primary schools
The abolishment of corporal punishment has left many teachers with high stress on how to deal with undisciplined learners. Teachers in both public and independent rural primary schools find it difficult to maintain discipline resulting in the number of criminal activities and ill-discipline of …
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The Examination of Protective Factors between Corporal Punishment and Adolescent Aggression
… poor parenting, including harsh practices like corporal punishment, have repeatedly been found to predict adolescent behavioural problems, that may then negatively affect adult behaviours such as violence and offending. An area of research that is becoming increasingly important is one that …
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Corporal punishment as a determinant of developmental outcomes: Longitudinal and process models
… this research: (1) to establish that normative corporal punishment has an impact on children's mental health and the parent-child relationship and (2) to identify intrapersonal variables that determine the impact of this parenting behavior. The first study examined the influence of corporal …
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Breaking the norm: Family characteristics associated with the avoidance of corporal punishment
<p>Corporal punishment (CP) is an acceptable and frequently used discipline tactic, with 94% of parents of 2- to 4-year-olds using it (Straus, 2001). Much of the parenting literature indicates that there are more positive ways to discipline a child (May, 2000; Sears & Sears, 1995; Spock & Parker, …
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Corporal Punishment in Zanzibar Primary Schools. ACase of Kisiwandui Primary School, Zanzibar
… different types of CP were used in schools. Such punishments were like canning, hand up, foot whipping, spanking, belting, touching and pulling the ears, working in the school garden and cleaning the school compound.The findings showed that fear, damage of body parts, unhappiness, development of …
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The coping strategies of teachers after the abolishment of corporal punishment at schools
… strategies of teachers after the banning of corporal punishment in schools. Attempts were made to answer the following questions: Has the government done teachers justice by abolishing corporal punishment? Are teachers contented with the abolition of corporal punishment? Are the teaching …
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The effects of Corporal Punishment on Discipline among Students in Arusha Secondary Schools
Corporal and Non Corporal Punishments are used in schools as a major means of controlling students’ discipline. Although the government has made clear policy Regulation Act Number 24 of 2002 that state how punishments should be administered to students as corporal punishments should not exceeding …
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Corporal Punishment: National Trends, Longer-Term Consequences, and Parental Perceptions of Physical Discipline
Corporal punishment is a controversial form of discipline. To inform the debate on corporal punishment, one of the objectives of the current dissertation was to characterize parental use of this disciplinary strategy and to examine its long-term developmental outcomes. The dissertation drew on data …
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Corporal Punishment and Its Relation to Race, Psychological Well-Being, and Parental Relationship
… the numerous negative effects associated with corporal punishment (Gershoff, 2002). The present study examined whether experiencing corporal punishment as a child is related to one's perception of the legitimacy of corporal punishment, race, the nature of the parent-child relationship (i.e., …
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A survey of state laws and regulations regarding corporal punishment in the public schools
… determine how many states have laws relating to corporal punishment in the public schools; (2) to ascertain the number of states having specific provisions in their education code relating to corporal punishment; (3) to determine the authority which authorizes or prohibits or restricts corporal …
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The American School Discipline Debate and the Persistence of Corporal Punishment in Southern Public Schools
… the history of American school discipline and corporal punishment in southern public schools. Pedagogical literature, court reports, and popular fiction show that school discipline was a controversial topic throughout American history. The conflict over corporal punishment in schools led to a …
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Exploring attitudes of black educators towards corporal punishment and alternative methods of punishment in UThungulu District
… a cruel, inhuman and degrading manner. In 1996 corporal punishment was banned in South African schools. According to the South African Schools Act No 840 (1996), it is the responsibility of the School Governing Body to involve all the stakeholders at the school to design and adopt a code of …
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Corporal punishment: cultural-historical and socio-cultural practices of teachers in a South African primary school
In this study, corporal punishment refers to the administration of physical pain to children by teachers with the purpose of disciplining them. It is a phenomenon that occurs in South African primary schooling despite its legal abolition two decades ago. Anecdotal evidence suggests that teachers, …
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