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An examination of disciplinary procedures with children

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Forehand, R; Roberts, MW; Doleys, DM; Hobbs, SA; Resick, PA
Published in: Journal of Experimental Child Psychology
January 1, 1976

In Experiment I the effect of the contingent application of negative attention (a verbal reprimand plus a brief period in which the authority person glares intently at the child) and repeated commands on the noncompliant behavior of children was examined. Thirty-two mother-child pairs served as subjects. The results indicated that negative attention decreased noncompliance whereas repeated commands did not. In Experiment II the effectiveness of negative attention, isolation, ignoring, and a combination of procedures (the alternate use of isolation, ignoring, and negative attention with the same subject) in reducing noncompliance and maintaining it at a low level during a recovery period was examined. Twenty-eight mother-child pairs served as subjects. The results indicated that each of the four disciplinary procedures reduced noncompliance. However, negative attention was associated with less off-task behavior than the isolation and combination procedures when discipline was being imposed and a lower level of noncompliance than ignoring during recovery, whereas the combination condiiton was the only procedure that maintained noncompliance during recovery at the treatment level. © 1976.

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Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

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ISSN

0022-0965

Publication Date

January 1, 1976

Volume

21

Issue

1

Start / End Page

109 / 120

Related Subject Headings

  • Experimental Psychology
  • 5205 Social and personality psychology
  • 5202 Biological psychology
  • 5201 Applied and developmental psychology
  • 1702 Cognitive Sciences
  • 1701 Psychology
 

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Forehand, R., Roberts, M. W., Doleys, D. M., Hobbs, S. A., & Resick, P. A. (1976). An examination of disciplinary procedures with children. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 21(1), 109–120. https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-0965(76)90061-8
Forehand, R., M. W. Roberts, D. M. Doleys, S. A. Hobbs, and P. A. Resick. “An examination of disciplinary procedures with children.” Journal of Experimental Child Psychology 21, no. 1 (January 1, 1976): 109–20. https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-0965(76)90061-8.
Forehand R, Roberts MW, Doleys DM, Hobbs SA, Resick PA. An examination of disciplinary procedures with children. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 1976 Jan 1;21(1):109–20.
Forehand, R., et al. “An examination of disciplinary procedures with children.” Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, vol. 21, no. 1, Jan. 1976, pp. 109–20. Scopus, doi:10.1016/0022-0965(76)90061-8.
Forehand R, Roberts MW, Doleys DM, Hobbs SA, Resick PA. An examination of disciplinary procedures with children. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 1976 Jan 1;21(1):109–120.
Journal cover image

Published In

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

DOI

ISSN

0022-0965

Publication Date

January 1, 1976

Volume

21

Issue

1

Start / End Page

109 / 120

Related Subject Headings

  • Experimental Psychology
  • 5205 Social and personality psychology
  • 5202 Biological psychology
  • 5201 Applied and developmental psychology
  • 1702 Cognitive Sciences
  • 1701 Psychology