Paper presented at Conference on New Approaches to Behavioral Research on Smoking sponsored by the American Cancer Society in Tucson, Arizona, on March 30 and 31, 1972. (DS)

Tested the impact of leader punitive behavior on employee satisfaction in 457 hospital employees. Controlling for leader reward behavior, there was no direct positive effect of leader punitive behavior, and no moderating impact of role ambiguity. Discusses the importance of considering spuriousness in leader punitive behavior research. (WAS)

Suggests that the way to curb discipline problems in schools might be both to clearly spell out rules and to alert students to penalties that go with violating them. (AOS)

Responses of 101 Tennessee school superintendents indicate: all allow and use corporal punishment; 57 keep records of corporal punishment usage; corporal punishment is considered effective in many cases; the community is seen as supportive of corporal punishment; and the paddle appears to be the most popular method of corporal punishment. (NEC)

Discusses nine types of court approved disciplinary measures available to schools and teachers. These include detention and in-school suspension, corporal punishment, physical restraint, grade reduction, denial of extracurricular participation, and suspension and expulsion. Synopses of significant legal decisions covering the application of school…

Consistent, unemotional use of timeout, without ancillary punishers, is shown to result in typical extinction curves (rather than the steeper gradient of punishment curves) for both autistic and mentally impaired children with widely different abrasive behaviors. Dangers of punishment and the therapeutic value of reduced environmental stimulation…

Measures of limit setting and control in a toy cleanup situation were developed as part of a longitudinal study of lower-SES mothers and children through the first five years of life. Several findings suggest a distinction between mothers' seductive behavior and warmth or affection. Developmental implications are discussed. (Author/RH)

Investigated the extent to which able-bodied and disabled college student accept biblical notions associating sin and disability. A substantial minority believed sin can cause disability. People with the strongest agreement with biblical ideas had the least contact with the disabled. (Author)

The author answers some of the central questions--legal and pedagogical--relating to the use of corporal punishment by teachers. He presents guidelines on corporal punishment which can reduce the likelihood of liability, but suggests, given the potential for lawsuits, that teachers adopt alternative forms of discipline. (Author/SJL)

Reviews major court cases and arguments for the abolishment of corporal punishment in schools. Discusses psychological arguments against it and lists disciplinary alternatives. (SK)

Two punishment procedures were compared to determine their effectiveness in reducing rates of noncompliance in a class of 11 educable mentally retarded elementary school students. (Author/DLS)

Suggests a new philosophy and set of procedures which excludes punishment as a way of correcting low-level performance and student behavior. (Author/RK)

Discusses the Supreme Court decision in Ingraham v. Wright and its effect on corporal punishment and due process in the schools. (IRT)

Data from the 1987-88 National Survey of Families and Households indicate that parents with conservative scriptural beliefs used corporal punishment to discipline their children more frequently than did parents with less conservative theological views. This link persisted when numerous parent, child, and household characteristics were controlled.…

Third and fifth graders (n=45) were asked about teacher-executed punishments for moral infractions (e.g., stealing) and conventional misbehavior (e.g., gumchewing). Children perceived presentation with unpleasant stimuli as more frequent and effective than removal of privileges. Removal punishments were perceived as more effective for moral…