Parental Corporal Punishment and Aggression among Children with Intellectual Disabilities

Abstract

The present study was to investigating the relationship between parental corporal punishment and aggression among children with intellectual disabilities. It was hypothesized on the basis of literature that there will be a positive correlation between parental corporal punishment and aggression.  The Sample of present study consisted of 25 male children who were moderate functional level of mentally retardation. Purposive convenient sampling technique was used to collect the data from the participants. Age of the children ranged from 8 to 15 years. The Aggressive/destructive behavior subscale of the Behavior Problem Inventory (BPI-01) developed by Edlinger (1983) was used to measure aggression among mentally retarded children and Parental Corporal Punishment Rating Scale developed by Faheem (2010) was used to measure the corporal punishment of parents towards their children. The data was collected from special education schools of District Faisalabad. The results revealed that parental corporal punishment significantly positively predict aggression among children with intellectual disabilities.