Corporal Punishment and the Mediating Effects of Parental Acceptance-Rejection and Gender On Empathy in a Southern Rural Population

@article{citeulike:2300622, abstract = {A total of 138 college students were administered the Parental Acceptance Rejection/Control Questionnaire, the Physical Punishment Questionnaire, and the Balanced Emotional Empathy Scale to determine if harsh and unjust corporal punishment predicted empathy. The study also investigated whether parental acceptance-rejection and gender mediated the effect of corporal punishment on empathy. Findings showed gender differences: Women reported significantly greater empathy than did men, and justness of corporal punishment related significantly and positively to empathy for men but not for women. Harshness of corporal punishment and parental acceptance-rejection did not relate to empathy regardless of gender. However, both harsh and unjust punishment related significantly to feelings of rejection for both men and women. 10.1177/1069397105285477}, author = {Smith, Martha S. and Lindsey, Cynthia R. and Hansen, Catherine E. }, citeulike-article-id = {2300622}, doi = {10.1177/1069397105285477}, journal = {Cross-Cultural Research}, keywords = {psychology}, month = {August}, number = {3}, pages = {287--305}, posted-at = {2008-07-09 16:58:51}, priority = {1}, title = {Corporal Punishment and the Mediating Effects of Parental Acceptance-Rejection and Gender On Empathy in a Southern Rural Population}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1069397105285477}, volume = {40}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2300622 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2300622 TI - Corporal Punishment and the Mediating Effects of Parental Acceptance-Rejection and Gender On Empathy in a Southern Rural Population JF - Cross-Cultural Research VL - 40 IS - 3 SP - 287 EP - 305 N2 - A total of 138 college students were administered the Parental Acceptance Rejection/Control Questionnaire, the Physical Punishment Questionnaire, and the Balanced Emotional Empathy Scale to determine if harsh and unjust corporal punishment predicted empathy. The study also investigated whether parental acceptance-rejection and gender mediated the effect of corporal punishment on empathy. Findings showed gender differences: Women reported significantly greater empathy than did men, and justness of corporal punishment related significantly and positively to empathy for men but not for women. Harshness of corporal punishment and parental acceptance-rejection did not relate to empathy regardless of gender. However, both harsh and unjust punishment related significantly to feelings of rejection for both men and women. 10.1177/1069397105285477 KW - psychology AU - Smith, Martha AU - Lindsey, Cynthia AU - Hansen, Catherine PY - 2006/08/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1069397105285477 ER -