Corporal punishment and communication in father‐son dyads

Jeffrey W. Kassing, Kevin J. Pearce, Dominic A. Infante

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Abstract

This study was based on a communication‐oriented perspective of corporal punishment of children. The perspective posits that physically aggressive influence tactics would be associated with aggressive communication and a set of communication outcomes. The perceptions of 74 father‐son dyads were solicited to test these relationships. Results indicated that when there was lower argumentativeness and higher verbal aggressiveness in father‐son communication there was more corporal punishment as an influence tactic and that fathers and sons perceived the relationship as less favorable in terms of influence success, communication competence, affirming style, and credibility.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)237-249
Number of pages13
JournalCommunication Research Reports
Volume17
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2000

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Communication

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