Spanking/Corporal punishment 1

Running head: Spanking/ Corporal Punishment

Exercise 1

Spanking/Corporal Punishment of children

Armonz Bowens

SOWK 300

Tuskegee University

27 Jan. 2010
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Article 1

Corporal Punishment as a Stressor among Youth

A. Turner, H., & Finkelhor, D. (1996). National Council on Family Relations.

Corporal Punishment as a Stressor among Youth, 58(1), 155-166. Retrieved
from http://www.jstor.org/stable/353384

This journal article was talking about a study that was done by the
National Youth Victimization Prevention Study (NYVPS). The study consisted
of 1,042 boys and 958 girls between the ages of 10 to 16. This study was
done to show or learn more about two ways corporal punishment and it
being a stressor to youth. The two areas of the study that was examined
was: the effects of frequency of corporal punishment experienced by youths
10 to 16 on psychological distress and clinically relevant depression and the
moderating influence of parental support on the associations between
corporal punishment and psychological outcomes. After completing the
study, it was found that there was a positive association between corporal
punishment and both psychological distress and depression. The study also
showed that there was a positive relationship between corporal punishment
and parental support.

Article 2

Predicting Spanking of Younger and Older Children by Mothers and Fathers

D. Day, R., W. Peterson, G., & McCracken, C. (1998). National Council on

Family Relations. Predicting Spanking of Younger and Older Children by
Mothers and Fathers, 60(1), 79-94. Retrieved from
http://www.jstor.org/stable/353443

This journal article was talking about how parents my show some
type of sign when ready to spank a child for discipline reasons. The study
was analyzed by National Survey of Families and Households and it was
made to examine the characteristics of parents that influence a frequent
percentage of spanking as a disciplinary technique for younger or older
children. Eight subsamples were taking and different combinations were
found as influences for parents to spank their children. Belsky came up with
a model of competent parenting and it was created to inform us on the
differences in spanking as a discipline technique. There are also different
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interventions needed to help decrease the percentage of parents that uses

spanking as a discipline technique.

Article 3

Child, Maternal, and Family Characteristics Associated with Spanking

Giles-Sims, J., A. Straus, M., & B. Sugarman, D. (1995). National Council on

Family Relations. Child, Maternal, and Family Characteristics Associated with
Spanking, 44(2), pp. 170-176. Retrieved from
http://www.jstor.org/stable/584804

This journal article was talking about how often mothers spank their
children and what they spank their children with. This was a National
Longitudinal survey of Youth (NLSY) and this article is to inform you on the
national estimates of mothers’ patterns of spanking the child age- by- age.
Depending on the individual’s status patterns of spanking vary between
different groups in the country. Different types of groups that were
examined were: different age groups, sex groups, religious groups, social
economic status, marital status, community and ethnicity. The purpose of
the survey was to reevaluate spanking norms used by mothers for discipline
techniques and be able to implement rules that will help reduce how often a
mother will spank her child for discipline.

Article 4

Child Maltreatment: An Overview with Suggestions for Intervention and

Research

D. Watkins, H., & R. Bradbard, M. (1982). National Council on Family

Relations. Child Maltreatment: An Overview with Suggestions for Intervention
and Research, 31(3), 323-333. Retrieved from www.jstor.org/stable/584163

This journal article was talking about child maltreatment and

different interventions developed to help decrease spanking as a discipline
technique and research. Child maltreatment is the physical or
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psychological/emotional mistreatment of children. This journal article is an

updated version of Parke and Collmer’s critical review of the child abuse
literature. They also discuss characteristics of a maltreated child, rates of
incidence and approaches to understanding child maltreatment. The journal
article also discusses the two models developed by Belsky and Garbarino of
competent parenting. Child maltreatment is considered the most critical
problem that exist in the U.S. The interventions that were put in place were
developed to help parents develop new ways to discipline their children,
some of the interventions are: parent support groups, home visitor networks,
telephone hotline, crisis nurseries and drop-off centers, child care
instructions and public education.

Article 5

Regional Differences in Attitudes toward Corporal Punishment

P. Flynn, C. (1994). National Council on Family Relations. Regional

Differences in Attitudes toward Corporal Punishment, 56(2), 314-324.
Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/353102

This journal article was talking about different regions with different
attitudes towards corporal punishment. This study was done in 1988 and it
was examining 978 adults and their attitudes toward corporal punishment. It
was discovered that out of the four regions, southerners lead the percentage
of using spanking as a discipline technique with 86%. The northeast showed
less favorable attitudes in using spanking to discipline their children than the
other three regions. Because of legal and religious traditions corporal
punishment is being look at by society as the negative thing to do.