Here are some references, some with tangential findings:1. This study finds that African-American parents are more likely to deliver "mild physical punishment" in an atmosphere of helping children be better, while Caucasian-American parents (have we ruled on the use "caucasian" yet?) say it's wrong, but when they resort to it, they're agitated: Graziano, A.M. & Hamblen, J.L. (1996). Subabusive violence in child-rearing in middle-class American families. *Pediatrics, 98,* 845-848. 2. This article interviewed African-American parents, who described their discipline tactics: Mosby, L., Rawls, A.W., Meehan, A.L., Mays, E., & Pettinari, C.J. (1999). Troubles in interracial talk about discipline: An examination of African-American child rearing narratives. *Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 30, * 489-521.
I have several others, but this probably makes the clearest case for more physical discipline in African-American families during childhood (but not adolescence). It's a longitudinal study: 3. Lansford, J.E., Deater-Deckard, K., Dodge, K.E., Bates, J.E. & Pettit, G.S. (2004). Ethnic differences in the link between physical discipline and later adolescent externalizing behaviors. *Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 45,* 801-812. That's my third post for the day. Back to writing syllabi.... Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 3:17 PM, Ken Steele <steel...@appstate.edu> wrote: > Hi Jim: > > I can see why this article would generate lots of discussion. > > Before using this opinion piece, my first question would be: Is it true? > Do black parents spank their children more than white parents? > > Do you have references? > > Ken > > > Jim Clark wrote: > >> Hi >> >> In my culture and psych class I use an activity on spanking centered >> around a short magazine piece on use of spanking by Black parents. See >> >> http://io.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark/teach/3050/Act07-spanking.pdf >> >> Take care >> Jim >> >> >> James M. Clark >> Professor of Psychology >> 204-786-9757 >> 204-774-4134 Fax >> j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca >> > > > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) > --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
