Perception of parental punitiveness toward aggression as influenced by sex and socio-economic class in Ekpoma, Bendel State, Nigeria.

This study examines the perception of parental punitiveness toward aggression by juveniles in secondary schools in Ekpoma in Bendel State, Nigeria with the aid of a modified version of a Parental Punitiveness Scale (P.P.S.) with reliability figures of 0.93 and 0.92 (Pearson product-moment correlation) for the father and mother versions respectively. The P.P.S. was originally designed by Epstein and Komorita (1965). The results of a one-way analysis of variance used to test the hypotheses in this study, show that (a) male and female adolescents differ significantly in their perceptions. (b) the socio-economic class variable has no significant effect on the subjects' perception of parental punitiveness towards aggression.