An analysis of the physical punishment component of a parent training program
Abstract
One component of a well-researched, standardized parent training program is to spank children for escape from time-out. The contribution of the spanking component to compliance acquisition in a clinic analog setting was evaluated. Time-out duration and child disruption at time-out release were balanced across spank and no-spank ("barrier") conditions. Sixteen noncompliant, clinic-referred pre-school children participated. The data indicated that both spank and barrier procedures were equally effective at increasing compliance ratios. Physical punishment did not appear to be a critical component. Given prior research, it was concluded that the enforcement of a minimum time-out duration is critical for compliance acquisition within the analog setting.
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The disparity with Gershoff (2002) arose because the present meta-analysis coded effect sizes from three experimental compliance studies differently.
“The disparity arose because we coded the effect sizes from the three experimental studies of compliance (Bean & Roberts, 1981; Day & Roberts, 1983; Roberts & Powers, 1990) differently.”
From Spanking and child outcomes: Old controversies and new meta-analyses. (2016) · cites this paper as Day & Roberts, 1983
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The effect of time-out release contingencies on changes in child noncompliance
Bean, A. W., & Roberts, M. W. (1981) · Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology · doi:10.1007/bf00917860 · Cited by 98 · see citing works
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Gershoff, E. T. (2002) · Psychological Bulletin · doi:10.1037/0033-2909.128.4.539 · Cited by 2,165 · see citing works
Spanking and child outcomes: Old controversies and new meta-analyses.
Gershoff, E. T., & Grogan-Kaylor, A. (2016) · Journal of Family Psychology · doi:10.1037/fam0000191 · Cited by 931 · see citing works
“There are a small handful of experimental studies that examine whether children comply more in a laboratory setting when mothers use spanking (Bean & Roberts, 1981; Day & Roberts, 1983; Roberts, 1988; Roberts & Powers, 1990); we include these studies in the meta-analyses and discuss them more below.”
BackgroundMethodInfluentialThe Intervention Selection Bias: An Underrecognized Confound in Intervention Research.
Larzelere, R. E., Kuhn, B. R., & Johnson, B. (2004) · Psychological Bulletin · doi:10.1037/0033-2909.130.2.289 · Cited by 144 · see citing works
- Authors
- Day, D. E., & Roberts, M. W.
- Affiliations
- Idaho State University (US)
- ORCID
- Roberts, Mark W.
- Venue
- Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology
- Published
- 1983-03
- Volume
- 11
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 141-152
- ISSN
- 0091-0627 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-2835
- OpenAlex
- W2039066698
- Cited by
- 68
- References
- 1
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2024: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 6 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 1 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 3
- FWCI
- 2.37
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Behavioral and Psychological Studies
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child Abuse and Trauma
- Keywords
- corporal punishment, spanking, parent training, time-out, preschool children, child noncompliance, clinic-referred children
- MeSH terms
- Behavior Therapy, Child Behavior Disorders, Child Rearing, Child, Preschool, Female, Humans, Male, Mother-Child Relations, Parents, Punishment, Social Isolation
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