SOCIAL CLASS, STRESS AND PHYSICAL PUNISHMENT

A sample of intact families with dependent children was used to examine the effects of social class and stress on the use of physical punishment to discipline children. The problems associated with the use of different measures of the dependent variable were also explored. No clear-cut relationship...

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Published in:International review of modern sociology 1979-01, Vol.9 (1), p.103-117
Main Authors: DUVALL, DONNA, BOOTH, ALAN
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Average age
Child discipline
Child rearing
Child/Children/Childhood
Children
Control variables
Discipline/Disciplines
Fathers
Mothers
Parents
Physical
Punishment
Scope of employment
Social class/Social classes
Social classes
Stress/Stresses
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Summary:A sample of intact families with dependent children was used to examine the effects of social class and stress on the use of physical punishment to discipline children. The problems associated with the use of different measures of the dependent variable were also explored. No clear-cut relationship between social class and the use of physical punishment was found. Marital tension and crowded household conditions were found to affect the use of physical punishment by mothers, but not by fathers. Furthermore, no interaction effects were detected. Finally, it was observed that attitude toward physical punishment, punishment behavior reported for hypothetical problem situations, and reports of recent incidents in which physical punishment was used, assess quite different dimensions of physical punishment. Thus, studies using one measure are not comparable to investigations using a different measure.
ISSN:0973-2047
0970-4841
0973-2047