A Descriptive Study to Assess the Knowledge of Teachers Regarding Brunt of Corporal Punishment and its Impact on Child Mental Health in Selected Schools Bangalore with a View to Prepare an Informational Booklet on Impact of Corporal Punishment in Mental Health

Abstract

Corporal punishment is violence inflicted on children by parents, teachers, guardian and others in the name of “discipline”. Discipline is training that corrects, molds or perfects the mental facilities or moral characters. There are 3 types of corporal punishment, those are: School corporal punishment, Parental or domestic corporal punishment and judicial corporal punishment.  Objectives To assess the knowledge of primary school teachers regarding brunt of corporal punishment and its impact on child mental health.  Methods A descriptive approach design used to assess the knowledge of primary school teachers regrading brunt of corporal punishment and its Impact on child mental health In selected primary schools at Bangalore. In this study non-probability purposive sampling technique was adopted. A structured interview schedule was determined based on the objectives of the study. The data were analyzed using the computation of mean and standard deviation an inferential statistic. The data represented by using various graphical devices, the bar diagram, pie diagram etc.  Results The findings of the result shows that participants 73.33% had inadequate knowledge, 26.67% had moderate knowledge on the brunt of corporal punishment and its impact on child mental health. The result findings show that there will be a significant association between brunt of corporal punishment and its impact on child mental health with their selected demographic variables.