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The residue effects of parental corporal punishment on young adults' psychological adjustment: Evidence from Malaysia

The potential impacts of corporal punishment continue to be debated among scholars and policy makers, yet no clear picture has emerged. This study examined the relationship between parental corporal punishment and psychological adjustment among young adults (n = 271) aged 19 to 25 years at a Malaysi...

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Main Authors: Chong, Chee-Huay, Yeo, Karin
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Published: SAGE Publications Inc. 2018
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LB Theory and practice of education
Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/85930/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2158244018757287
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spelling my.utm.859302020-09-09T06:37:56Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/85930/ The residue effects of parental corporal punishment on young adults' psychological adjustment: Evidence from Malaysia Chong, Chee-Huay Yeo, Karin LB Theory and practice of education The potential impacts of corporal punishment continue to be debated among scholars and policy makers, yet no clear picture has emerged. This study examined the relationship between parental corporal punishment and psychological adjustment among young adults (n = 271) aged 19 to 25 years at a Malaysian public university. Participants completed measures of the ADULT PPQ: Physical Punishment Questionnaire and the ADULT PAQ: Personality Assessment Questionnaire. The findings revealed that parental corporal punishment is a prevalent phenomenon in Malaysia. All parental punishment variables, that is, harshness, justness, and forms of punishment, correlate significantly with the psychological adjustment. The study also showed that perceived parental harshness and maternal justness were found to be the strongest predictors of one’s psychological adjustment for each parent. Paternal and maternal punishment, however, do not differ significantly in predicting young adults’ psychological development. Besides that, the parental prediction model only accounted for 13% to 15% of the variance in psychological adjustment, suggesting that not every child perceived corporal punishment as parental rejection. The results showed that remembered corporal punishment is associated with greater or lesser psychosocial adjustment, depending on whether that corporal punishment was perceived as harsh or just. SAGE Publications Inc. 2018 Article PeerReviewed Chong, Chee-Huay and Yeo, Karin (2018) The residue effects of parental corporal punishment on young adults' psychological adjustment: Evidence from Malaysia. Sage Open, 8 (1). pp. 1-11. ISSN 2158-2440 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2158244018757287
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topic LB Theory and practice of education
spellingShingle LB Theory and practice of education
Chong, Chee-Huay
Yeo, Karin
The residue effects of parental corporal punishment on young adults' psychological adjustment: Evidence from Malaysia
description The potential impacts of corporal punishment continue to be debated among scholars and policy makers, yet no clear picture has emerged. This study examined the relationship between parental corporal punishment and psychological adjustment among young adults (n = 271) aged 19 to 25 years at a Malaysian public university. Participants completed measures of the ADULT PPQ: Physical Punishment Questionnaire and the ADULT PAQ: Personality Assessment Questionnaire. The findings revealed that parental corporal punishment is a prevalent phenomenon in Malaysia. All parental punishment variables, that is, harshness, justness, and forms of punishment, correlate significantly with the psychological adjustment. The study also showed that perceived parental harshness and maternal justness were found to be the strongest predictors of one’s psychological adjustment for each parent. Paternal and maternal punishment, however, do not differ significantly in predicting young adults’ psychological development. Besides that, the parental prediction model only accounted for 13% to 15% of the variance in psychological adjustment, suggesting that not every child perceived corporal punishment as parental rejection. The results showed that remembered corporal punishment is associated with greater or lesser psychosocial adjustment, depending on whether that corporal punishment was perceived as harsh or just.
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author Chong, Chee-Huay
Yeo, Karin
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Yeo, Karin
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title The residue effects of parental corporal punishment on young adults' psychological adjustment: Evidence from Malaysia
title_short The residue effects of parental corporal punishment on young adults' psychological adjustment: Evidence from Malaysia
title_full The residue effects of parental corporal punishment on young adults' psychological adjustment: Evidence from Malaysia
title_fullStr The residue effects of parental corporal punishment on young adults' psychological adjustment: Evidence from Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed The residue effects of parental corporal punishment on young adults' psychological adjustment: Evidence from Malaysia
title_sort residue effects of parental corporal punishment on young adults' psychological adjustment: evidence from malaysia
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url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/85930/
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