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DIFFERENCES IN ATTITUDES TOWARDS CORPORAL PUNISHMENT BETWEEN PARENTS AND NON-PARENTS: A RESEARCH REVIEW

Summary/Abstract: Corporal punishment is a disciplinary strategy that entails the use of physical force designed to cause pain, but not injury to the child in order to change or erase undesirable behavior. Many parents still use corporal punishment, but not much is being said about the attitudes of non-parents towards corporal punishment. Non-parents are people who do not have children of their own but are expected to have them in the future. This research review aimed to compare the attitudes of parents and nonparents about corporal punishment. The paper analyzed 14 quantitative studies. The mentioned studies examined the attitudes of parents and non-parents towards corporal punishment, as well as the factors that can contribute to the change in those attitudes. Studies included parents of children with normative development, without chronic or acute diseases. The non-parents were either adolescents or college students. The studies were found via online databases. The analysis suggests that nonparents tend to disapprove of corporal punishment more than parents do, but only if they perceive their own corporal punishment to be unjustified. Informing both parents and non-parents about the consequences of corporal punishment can diminish their approval of the mentioned method. The review gives a detailed account of the studies’ results and suggests that it would be beneficial to compare the attitudes of parents and non-parents towards other parenting strategies as well.

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