Perceived locus of control as a function of parental physical punishment among a group of Iranian children.
A comparison of scores on locus of control by two groups of children, 89 who had experienced parental physical punishment and 174 who had not experienced parental physical punishment, showed that children with experience of physical punishment scored significantly more external than children who had not experienced physical punishment. The results are discussed in relation to previous studies, and some educational implications noted.
Khayyer
Mohammad
M
College of Education and Psychology, Shiraz University, Iran.
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003469:Culture; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D007492:Iran; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D016487:Parenting / Q000208:ethnology*; D011678:Punishment; D012737:Sex Factors; D012938:Social Perception