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Explaining School Corporal Punishment: Evangelical Protestantism and Social Capital in a Path Model

Authors: Stephen S. Owen, Kenneth Wagner

Published in: Social Justice Research | Issue 4/2006

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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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Title: Explaining School Corporal Punishment: Evangelical Protestantism and Social Capital in a Path Model
Authors: Stephen S. Owen
Kenneth Wagner
Publication date: 01-12-2006
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers
Published in: Social Justice Research / Issue 4/2006
Print ISSN: 0885-7466
Electronic ISSN: 1573-6725
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11211-006-0024-6

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