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Maternal punishment practices in a rural area of Turkey
Author(s) -
Buldukoglu Kadriye,
Kukulu Kamile
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
child: care, health and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.832
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1365-2214
pISSN - 0305-1862
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2007.00780.x
Subject(s) - punishment (psychology) , regret , psychology , face (sociological concept) , developmental psychology , social psychology , sociology , mathematics , social science , statistics
Objective We examined a number of maternal characteristics that influence punishment practices in a rural area of Turkey. Methods Questionnaires were filled out in face‐to‐face interviews with 539 mothers who agreed to participate in this study. Results The majority findings of this study were as follows: all of the mothers had used various forms of punishment on their children; hitting other children was the primary reason for punishment, and hitting was the most common form of punishment used by mothers. Another interesting finding of this study was that mothers did not demonstrate the same responses to their children when they were alone as when others were present. Mothers commonly felt regret in the post‐punishment period. Conclusion These findings can be useful in establishing parental educational programming that is directed at decreasing the rates of punishment practices.