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Spanking Corporal Punishment

The Effects of Spanking as a Corporal Punishment

Chakeeta Hightower

SOWK 300

Tuskegee University

January 28, 2010

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Article 1

Mason, M. A., & Gambrill, E. (1994). Should the use of corporal punishment by parents

be consider child abuse? [Article]. Retrieved January 27, 2010, from Pubpages

Web site: Should the use of corporal punishment by parents be

This file was pertaining to several of people stand point on this particular issue. Some

stated that they think it is some form of child abuse, and they confirm this information by

using graph to show different things that occur when a child is abused. There were some

that stated that it is not a form of child abuse because the parents is only discipline their

kids when they do something wrong.

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Article 2

Author: Nadine Block, Director of the Center for Effective Discipline and co-chair of

EPOCH-USA - March, 2008. Retrieved from:

http://www.stophitting.com/index.php?page=factsnfiction

This author present this issue about corporal punishment is four arguments. The first

argument she states is that spanking is an effective way to manage behavior. From this

argument she states that it really do not decreases the child misbehaving it only makes it

worst. The second argument she states about how people say that they were hit as a child

and nothing bad happened to them. The third talks about how if you do not discipline

your kids then they will be spoiled. The last one comes from a biblical aspect about

spankings.
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Article 3

W. Bradford Wilcox. American Sociological Review, Vol. 63, No. 6 (Dec., 1998), pp.

796-809. Published by: American Sociological Association. Stable URL:

http://www.jstor.org/stable/2657502

This piece of document is showing how certain types of religion bring up their children.

This journal states that Protestants leaders are most likely to use corporal punishment

then any other religion. Someone inside the journal did an experiment to prove the

theory was wrong by saying that the Protestant people are more nurturing to their kids.
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Article 4

Kazdin, A. E., & Benjet, C. (2003). Spanking Children:Evidence and Issues. American

Psychological Society, 12(3), 100-102. Retrieved from

http://www.psy.miami.edu/faculty/dmessinger/c_c/rsrcs/rdgs/peers_social_genera

l/kazdin.spanking.curdir.2003.pdf

Several issues are covered in this journal. The main thing that is discussed is dhow

spankings can psychologically mess you up in the mentally and physically. It stated how

it cans effects things in different aspects of their life such as relationship, social status,

and a few others as well.

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Article

Childhood Experience, Conceptions of Parenting, and Attitudes of Spouse as

Determinants of Parental Behavior Ronald L. Simons, Jay Beaman, Rand D.

Conger, Wei Chao Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 55, No. 1 (Feb., 1993),

pp. 91-106 Published by: National Council on Family Relations Stable URL:

http://www.jstor.org/stable/352961

In this journal it talks about how the relationship between the spouses affects the

outcome of how the kid(s) punishment will be. Basically it is stating what type of

parenting style is most effective. This was a study done on different types of families.