Committee Chair

Policastro, Christina

Committee Member

Garland, Tammy S.; Crittenden, Courtney A.

Department

Dept. of Criminal Justice and Legal Assistant Studies

College

College of Arts and Sciences

Publisher

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Place of Publication

Chattanooga (Tenn.)

Abstract

The current study explores college students' perceptions of corporal punishment with a specific focus on how religious affiliation influences attitudes towards corporal punishment. The data is based on a convenience sample of 318 students attending a southern university. All subjects were administered the same IRB-approved survey instrument on-site. The survey included a wide variety of measures including items assessing participants’ religious affiliation, attitudes toward corporal punishment, and demographics. Multivariate logistic regression models were estimated to test the relationship between the independent variables and each dependent variable. The odds of males, non-Whites, Republicans, Protestants, and those previously corporally punished and raised outside the United States believing corporal punishment is acceptable for children under 2, 2-12, and/or 13-17, intending to use corporal punishment, and/or believing corporal punishment is emotionally harmful are greater than the odds of their counterparts.

Degree

M. S.; A thesis submitted to the faculty of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Master of Science.

Date

5-2020

Subject

Corporal punishment -- Religious aspects; Corporal punishment of children

Keyword

attitude; college student; corporal punishment; perception; religious affiliation; spanking

Document Type

Masters theses

DCMI Type

Text

Extent

vii, 54 leaves.

Language

English

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

License

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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