Explaining School Corporal Punishment: Evangelical Protestantism and Social Capital in a Path Model |
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Authors: | Stephen S. Owen Kenneth Wagner |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Criminal Justice, Radford University, Box 6934, Radford, VA 24142, USA;(2) Lynchburg College, Lynchburg, VA, USA |
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Abstract: | School corporal punishment is associated with many negative outcomes. This research explores the antecedents to the practice and prevalence of school corporal punishment. A series of regression models indicated that two variables were significant predictors of a state’s practice of school corporal punishment: rate of evangelical Protestant adherents and social capital. A path analysis indicated that these two variables significantly predicted the rate of school corporal punishment in practicing states. The path analysis also revealed a significant and negative relationship between rate of evangelical Protestant adherents and social capital, but no relationship between rate of mainstream Protestant adherents and social capital. A mediation analysis indicated that social capital serves as a mediating variable between evangelical Protestantism and rate of school corporal punishment. Practical and theoretical implications are discussed. |
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Keywords: | corporal punishment evangelical protestant school discipline social capital. |
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