At 10:02 AM -0400 10/14/99, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>There is an article in the 99/00 Annual Additions in Child Growth and
>Development that addresses this issue (pp. 156-159). Interestingly, the
>article cites research challenging the notion that spanking psychologically
>damages children, relying primarily upon a review by Robert E. Larzelere.
>Further, "Larzelere's review revealed that no other discipline technique -
>including time out and withdrawal of privileges - had MORE beneficial results
>for children under 13 than spanking..."
The issue involves more than just "psychological damage" (whatever that
metaphor means). Even if the use of physical punishment _only_ resulted in
the establishment of parents as conditioned aversive stimuli, that would be
a side-effect to be avoided.
See Murray Sidman's "Corecion and its Fallout".
* PAUL K. BRANDON [EMAIL PROTECTED] *
* Psychology Dept Minnesota State University, Mankato *
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