Statistics show that 94% of parents of toddlers use some form of corporal punishment and that 72% of a college student sample reported that they recalled experiencing some form of corporal punishment in their childhood (Athea C.A, Parkin C.M.). Corporal Punishment when referring to children is when physical force is used to correct or control a child’s behavior. The punishment is intended to cause discomfort and pain no matter how mild. Punishment in Psychology is defined as “any change that occurs after a behavior that reduces the likelihood that the behavior will occur again in the future.” In simple terms, punishment which can be both physical and emotional can suppress behavior. However there is a numerous amount of problems that come with
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For example the Corporal Punishment and Child Adjustment study conducted by Dr. Paul J. Frick and Dr. S. Doug Bodin. A sample of 98 non-referred children with a mean age of 12.35 (SD=1.72) recruited from two school systems in the southern eastern United States. (Frick, Paul J., and S. Doug Bodin) The study found that the use of corporal punishment was associated with problems involving that child’s emotional and behavioral adjustment. There also did not appear to be any benefits in using low levels of corporal punishment. It was later found that there was an association with lower self-esteem in children, even when low levels of corporal punishment was used. Dr. Frick and Doug gave their interpretation of the data. They stated that the data suggested that there are likely to be other forms of discipline that would be just as effective for setting firm and consistent limits on the behavior of a child that would not have the same harmful effects on a …show more content…
The 2013 study titled “Spanking and Child Development Across the First Decade of Life” examined maternal and parental spanking of children at the age of 3 and 5. This was then used to find an association between spanking and an externalizing behavior and receptive vocabulary through the age of 9 (MacKenzie, 2013). The results were that a high-frequency of spanking issued by parents and especially by fathers at the age of 5 showed an association with lower vocabulary scores at the age of 9. The second study, conducted in 2010 titled “Love, discipline and elementary school achievement: The role of family emotional climate” found that using forms of physical discipline in kindergarten was associated with lower fifth grade math achievement. It also found that children who were spanked were at a higher risk of academic failure in the fifth grade (Bodovski and Min-Jong Youn,
For example the Corporal Punishment and Child Adjustment study conducted by Dr. Paul J. Frick and Dr. S. Doug Bodin. A sample of 98 non-referred children with a mean age of 12.35 (SD=1.72) recruited from two school systems in the southern eastern United States. (Frick, Paul J., and S. Doug Bodin) The study found that the use of corporal punishment was associated with problems involving that child’s emotional and behavioral adjustment. There also did not appear to be any benefits in using low levels of corporal punishment. It was later found that there was an association with lower self-esteem in children, even when low levels of corporal punishment was used. Dr. Frick and Doug gave their interpretation of the data. They stated that the data suggested that there are likely to be other forms of discipline that would be just as effective for setting firm and consistent limits on the behavior of a child that would not have the same harmful effects on a …show more content…
The 2013 study titled “Spanking and Child Development Across the First Decade of Life” examined maternal and parental spanking of children at the age of 3 and 5. This was then used to find an association between spanking and an externalizing behavior and receptive vocabulary through the age of 9 (MacKenzie, 2013). The results were that a high-frequency of spanking issued by parents and especially by fathers at the age of 5 showed an association with lower vocabulary scores at the age of 9. The second study, conducted in 2010 titled “Love, discipline and elementary school achievement: The role of family emotional climate” found that using forms of physical discipline in kindergarten was associated with lower fifth grade math achievement. It also found that children who were spanked were at a higher risk of academic failure in the fifth grade (Bodovski and Min-Jong Youn,