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When reprimand consistency may and may not matter

J T Sherrill1, S G O'Leary, J A Albertson-Kelly

  • 1Department of Psychology, State University of New York at Stony Brook 11794-2500, USA.

Behavior Modification
|April 1, 1996
PubMed
Summary

Discipline consistency is crucial for children's behavior, but its effectiveness depends on how adults respond to minor misbehavior. Attending to non-punished actions alongside consistent reprimands yields the best results.

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Area of Science:

  • Child Psychology
  • Behavioral Science
  • Educational Psychology

Background:

  • Discipline consistency is often studied by varying punishment probability.
  • The impact of adult responses to non-punished behaviors is less understood.
  • Understanding these factors is key to effective child behavior management.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the role of discipline consistency in children's behavior.
  • To examine how the nature of adult responses to non-punished transgressions influences discipline effectiveness.
  • To explore discipline consistency as a multivariate construct.

Main Methods:

  • Eighteen first- through third-graders in a remedial summer school participated.
  • A 2x2 factorial design manipulated reprimand consistency (Low vs. High) and adult response to non-punished transgressions (Ignore vs. Attend).

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  • Children were assigned to one of the four feedback conditions.

    • Main Results:

    • Reprimand consistency was significant only when teachers attended to non-punished transgressions.
    • The nature of the adult's response to non-punished actions moderates the effect of discipline consistency.
    • This suggests a complex interaction between different disciplinary strategies.

    Conclusions:

    • Discipline consistency's impact is influenced by how adults handle minor misbehavior.
    • Effective discipline requires considering the adult's response to non-punished actions.
    • Discipline consistency should be viewed as a multivariate construct for better understanding child behavior.