Kelley M L, Grace N, Elliott S N
Department of Psychology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge 70803-5501.
Child Abuse Negl. 1990;14(2):219-26. doi: 10.1016/0145-2134(90)90032-o.
The present study compared abusive, potentially abusive, and control group parents' perceptions of commonly used discipline procedures. The clinical samples were obtained from Parents Anonymous (PA) and consisted of both court-referred (abusive) and self-referred (potentially abusive) members. The subjects were presented with case vignettes that described a child with either mild or severe behavior problems and asked to rate four methods of disciplining the child. The discipline methods involved positive reinforcement, timeout, timeout with spanking, and spanking. The findings indicated that (1) overall, the parents generally evaluated positive reinforcement as significantly more acceptable than timeout, timeout with spanking, and spanking; (2) self-referred PA members viewed timeout, timeout with spanking, and spanking as relatively more acceptable than did their demographically similar comparison group; and (3) court-referred PA parents' ratings did not significantly differ from their comparison group, since both groups rated the reinforcement method as significantly more acceptable than the other three discipline methods.
本研究比较了有虐待行为的父母、可能有虐待行为的父母以及对照组父母对常用管教方法的看法。临床样本取自“匿名父母组织”（PA），包括法庭转介（有虐待行为）和自我转介（可能有虐待行为）的成员。研究对象会看到描述有轻度或重度行为问题儿童的案例 vignettes，并被要求对四种管教孩子的方法进行评分。管教方法包括积极强化、暂停、带打屁股的暂停以及打屁股。研究结果表明：（1）总体而言，父母普遍认为积极强化比暂停、带打屁股的暂停以及打屁股更可接受；（2）自我转介的PA成员认为暂停、带打屁股的暂停以及打屁股比与其人口统计学特征相似的对照组更可接受；（3）法庭转介的PA父母的评分与对照组没有显著差异，因为两组都认为强化方法比其他三种管教方法更可接受。
