ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN CORPORAL PUNISHMENT MYTHS AND CORPORAL PUNISHMENT USE TENDENCY

Abstract

Corporal punishment is a widespread disciplinary strategy used by parents, although much research has published and presented the negative consequences of corporal punishment. One of the reasons which corporal punishment remains in use as a disciplinary strategy is corporal punishment myths. So this research aimed to study the association between corporal punishment myth and corporal punishment use tendency. The sampled participants were 350 undergraduate students (18-22 year). The instruments in this study were Corporal punishment use tendency (CPUT) and Corporal punishment myths scale (CPMS). Corporal punishment myths scale consisted of two factors: Convenience myths and Benefits myths. The result revealed that only Benefits myths related to Corporal punishment use tendency (r=0.17, p < 0.01). Convenience myths do not relate to Corporal punishment use tendency. Multiple regression analysis found that Convenience myths and Benefits myths together explained a significant amount of the variance in the value of Corporal punishment use tendency by three percent (R2=0.03, p < 0.01). However, only Benefits myths significantly predict Corporal punishment use tendency (β = 0.19, p < 0.01). Convenience myths did not predict Corporal punishment use tendency.