Should Spanking Be Considered a Form of Disciplinary Punishment?
Annotated Bibliography
Issue: Should Spanking Be Considered A Form Of Disciplinary Punishment?
Book:
Kazdin, Alan E. and Corina Benjet. “Spanking Children: Evidence and Issues.” Yale University School Of Medicine. Child Study Center. 2003. Web. 27 Oct. 2011. This site is an online article clip from a book published by The American Psychological Society. Within this article are the discussion of different views on spanking, key conclusions about its effects, and the methodological limitations of the research and resulting points as to why it’s under current debate. This is an extremely reliable source, due to the fact that it is a well-known society and was also written by students of one of the tops schools in the USA. Discussed in the article, “Hitting children is intertwined with religious beliefs, cultural views, government, law, and social policy and has enormous implications for mental and physical health throughout the world.” The article explains how spanking relates to the psychological issues. It gives an understanding to why it should be banned, stated within says, “A commonly adopted definition specifies spanking as hitting a child with an open hand on the buttocks or extremities with the intent to discipline without leaving a bruise or causing physical harm.” “Because many parents report using objects during punishment, behaviors that many professionals might consider as clearly abusive are fairly common and included in some definitions of spanking.” The article breaks the topics down into smaller sections, Spanking Defined, Three Views of Spanking, Overview of Research Findings, Key Issues for Research, and Closing Comments. In doing this, they explained each topic more thoroughly allowing easier reading as well as an easier understanding of their information. This information will be used in the research paper to help support the facts behind why spanking should be stopped. As well as being a scholarly journal entry, that should add to the
Issue: Should Spanking Be Considered A Form Of Disciplinary Punishment?
Book:
Kazdin, Alan E. and Corina Benjet. “Spanking Children: Evidence and Issues.” Yale University School Of Medicine. Child Study Center. 2003. Web. 27 Oct. 2011. This site is an online article clip from a book published by The American Psychological Society. Within this article are the discussion of different views on spanking, key conclusions about its effects, and the methodological limitations of the research and resulting points as to why it’s under current debate. This is an extremely reliable source, due to the fact that it is a well-known society and was also written by students of one of the tops schools in the USA. Discussed in the article, “Hitting children is intertwined with religious beliefs, cultural views, government, law, and social policy and has enormous implications for mental and physical health throughout the world.” The article explains how spanking relates to the psychological issues. It gives an understanding to why it should be banned, stated within says, “A commonly adopted definition specifies spanking as hitting a child with an open hand on the buttocks or extremities with the intent to discipline without leaving a bruise or causing physical harm.” “Because many parents report using objects during punishment, behaviors that many professionals might consider as clearly abusive are fairly common and included in some definitions of spanking.” The article breaks the topics down into smaller sections, Spanking Defined, Three Views of Spanking, Overview of Research Findings, Key Issues for Research, and Closing Comments. In doing this, they explained each topic more thoroughly allowing easier reading as well as an easier understanding of their information. This information will be used in the research paper to help support the facts behind why spanking should be stopped. As well as being a scholarly journal entry, that should add to the
Bibliography: Web. 27 Oct. 2011. 28 Oct. 2011. Discipline Your Child Without Hitting. (1997): 58-62. Web. 27 Oct. 2011.