TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1998//
TI  - Children Experiencing Violence II: Prevalence and Determinants of Corporal Punishment in Schools
JO  - Child abuse and neglect
A1  - Youssef, Randa Mahmoud
A1  - Attia, Medhat Salah-El-Din
A1  - Kamel, Mohamed Ibrahim
SP  - 975
EP  - 985
VL  - 22
IS  - 10
N2  - OBJECTIVE: This study was undertaken to reveal the prevalence and determinants of corporal punishment in preparatory (middle) and secondary (high) schools in Alexandria. METHODS: A cross sectional survey targeting preparatory and secondary school students enrolled in main stream public schools was conducted. The multistage random sample technique was adopted to select a priori estimated sample of this population. They were requested to fill a self administered questionnaire to collect relevant information. Data were analyzed using the univariate and multivariate analyses. RESULTS: A substantial proportion of boys (79.96%) and girls (61.53%) incurred physical punishment at the hand of their teachers. Teachers were using their hands, sticks, straps, shoes, and kicks to inflict such punishment without sparing a part of their students' body. Physical injuries were reported by a significantly higher percentage of boys (X1≤ = 12.26, p = .00046) the most common being bumps and contusions followed by wounds and fractures. Moreover, it was only among boys that serious injuries such as loss of consciousness and concussion were encountered. Both univariate and multivariate analyses revealed that corporal punishment was more likely to be used in preparatory schools and on boys. Such means of punishment were also predicted by students' undesirable behavior as well as their poor achievement in academic tasks. CONCLUSION: This study indicates that corporal punishment in school is used extensively to discipline students whose behavior doesn't conform with the desired standard of educational institutions. However, since it is no longer perceived as a method of discipline, other alternatives can be used providing that teachers are equipped with the necessary skills for its application. (Abstract Adapted from Source: Child Abuse & Neglect, 1998. Copyright © 1998 by Elsevier Science)  Foreign Countries Egypt Corporal Punishment Spanking School Punishment School Discipline Junior High School Student Senior High School Student Physical Punishment Juvenile Victim Child Victim Late Childhood Early Adolescence Late Adolescence 08-02<p />
LA  - en
SN  - 0145-2134
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -