Reviews recent actions taken in Sweden to promote child welfare such as banning corporal punishment, prohibiting the sale of toys depicting modern war, implementing parent education and bilingual programs, and providing leave from work so parents can care for their newborn. (Author/RH)

Results revealed that college students were significantly more punitive toward a child labeled "mentally retarded" than were fourth graders, the labeled child received a significantly less severe punishment than did the nonlabeled child, and the child received the most severe punishment when s/he reacted defiantly and obtained a reward when s/he…

The study evaluated the effects of a fine mist of water applied to the face contingent upon self-injurious behavior (SIB) exhibited by profoundly retarded persons. Results indicated that the water mist procedure may be an effective alternative to traditional punishment techniques. (Author)

This study investigated how college students decide the amount of reward or punishment a problem solver deserves. Persons engaged in solitary tasks were evaluated differently than those in cooperative tasks. Inferences of causality influenced evaluations, whereas other factors did not. (Author/DB)

Explores some attributional determinants of third and fourth graders' self-punishment following transgression in a moral situation. Results were interpreted as supporting the hypothesis that children who are told by adults that they possess desirable moral characteristics experience particularly strong remorse when they fail to exercise…

With the assumption that theory is the most important determinant of teachers' disciplinary practices, the authors seek to clarify what is meant by a "theory" about children; to illustrate theory's relationship to disciplinary practice; and to suggest some assumptions which, in a democracy, may be embraced within theories about children.…

Argues that--often unknowingly--many teachers inculcate a hatred of writing in their students by using writing as punishment. Offers suggestions to correct this problem. (FL)

Results suggested that although overcorrection is a valuable technique in reducing stereotyped behavior in profoundly retarded adults, the overcorrection responses (e.g., restitutional acts, positive practice, functional movement training) may not increase in the absence of specific reinforcement contingencies. (DLS)

The pros and cons of corporal punishment as a discipline policy in the schools are discussed. (DS)

Five hypotheses concerning the relationship between marital satisfaction and conjugal power on the one hand and the intensity and frequency of rewards and punishments delivered to sons and daughters were tested with 219 male and female university students. (MS)

"Sesame Street" and "Mister Rogers" were analyzed and compared for positive and negative reinforcement of antisocial and socially positive behaviors. (LS)

Discusses the role of punishment and discipline in teaching children to develop their own inner controls. (MS)

Provides an overview of physical and chemical castration and its use in controlling sex offenders. Discusses castration and sexual aggression, then focuses on the use of therapeutic physical castration in dealing with those who display unacceptable sexual behaviors. Details legal and ethical issues and the efficacy of testosterone-lowering…

This discussion of corporal punishment as an aversive intervention with regular and special education students notes that corporal punishment is still legal and being used in many states. Special problems in the use of corporal punishment with students having disabilities are noted. The paper concludes that comprehensive procedural safeguards for…

Describes the development and implementation of Lee Canter's Assertive Discipline model, noting its use at Takoma Park (MD) Elementary School and the reaction of parents, students, and teachers. Supporters stress that it puts teachers in charge, rewarding good behavior and punishing bad, but critics call it dehumanizing, humiliating, and…