Religious Preference and Spanking Beliefs: Implications for School Corporal Punishment Policies
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https://doi.org/10.51611/iars.irj.v3i1.2013.25Keywords:
CORPORAL PUNISHMENT, RELIGIOUS PREFERENCEAbstract
AMERICAN spanking beliefs were investigated by religious preference. Proportions agreeing with spanking were largest for Protestant (81%), followed by Catholic (69%). The association between Protestant and agreement with spanking (b=.718) was surprisingly strong considering associations with Catholic, Jewish, None, and Other were all inverse. The smaller Jewish proportion agreeing with spanking (51%) and the very strong inverse relationship between Jewish and agreement with spanking (b= -1.072) were unexpected. A separate analysis found large Christian (81%) and small Moslem (51%) proportions agreeing with spanking. Corporal punishment policies reflect American collective conscience on spanking. Deeper understandings of relationships between religious preference and spanking beliefs help stakeholders become aware of cultural undercurrents affecting school environments.
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http://www.adolescenthealth.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Position_Papers&Template=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=1467
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Lansford, J. E., Wager, L. B., Bates, J. E., Pettit, G. S., & Dodge, K. A. (2012). Forms of spanking and children's externalizing behaviors. Family Relations, 61(2), 224-236
Larzelere, R. E., & Baumrind, D. (2010). Are spanking injunctions scientifically supported? Law & Contemporary Problems, 73(2), 57-87.
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Wasserman, L. M. (2011). Corporal punishment in K-12 public school settings: Reconsideration of its constitutional dimensions thirty years after Ingraham v. Wright. Touro Law Review. 26 (4), 1029-1101. Retrieved from: http://digitalcommons.tourolaw.edu/lawreview/vol26/iss4/1
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Menard, L.A. (2013) “Religious Preference and Spanking Beliefs: Implications for School Corporal Punishment Policies”, IARS’ International Research Journal, 3(1). doi:10.51611/iars.irj.v3i1.2013.25.
