Abstract
The objective of the research is to ascertain whether emotional and volitional characteristics of the individual affect the frequency of punishment in the family (for example, prohibition to watch TY for some time, pocket money reduction, request for an apology). These types of punishments are legal in Russia. The research method is Perrez’s, Schoebi’s questionnaire on punishing behavior in education, and Chumakov’s questionnaire on volitional and emotional characteristics of a person (VEC). The data were divided into two groups (high or low level of development of volitional powers). Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was applied to compare groups. The dependent variables were marriage satisfaction, emotional stress, and frequency of punishment of children in the family. Results and conclusions found that the gaps between the groups were significant for marriage satisfaction F (1,105) = 17.77, p < 0.001 and emotional stress F (1,105) = 23.53, p < 0.001 but were not significant for the frequency of punishment. Marriage satisfaction in a group with high VEC parameters is higher than in the group with low parameters. The stress in the group with high VEC parameters is lower than in the group with low parameters. There is a correlation between marriage satisfaction and frequency of punishment as well as between stress and frequency of punishment. Thus, the emotional and volitional qualities of the parents’ personality indirectly influence the frequency of punishment of children in the family.
Highlights
A number of researches regard stress in connection with family relations [1]
Research and studies, including cross-cultural ones, show that high marriage satisfaction is connected with low stress levels, and the increase of the stress level is connected with the higher frequency of the punishment of children, including corporal punishment [2,3,4,5,6,7]
The gaps between the groups were significant in terms of marriage satisfaction F (1,105) = 17.77, p < 0.001 and emotional stress F (1,105) = 23.53, p < 0.0001 but were not significant for the frequency of punishment
Summary
A number of researches regard stress in connection with family relations [1]. In particular, the interconnection among stress experienced by the parents, family life satisfaction, and the punishment of children is currently under discussion. Previous research has focused on corporal punishment and characteristics of family relations, including stress. Our research focuses on the parents’ personal traits in connection with the characteristics of the family relations such as marriage satisfaction, stress level of the spouses, and frequency of punishments of children in the family. The personal traits analyzed in the research include volition and emotional stability. The hypothesis of the interconnection between volition and emotional stability as well as low frequency of punishment of children was to be verified. The presented research accomplishes the analysis of the interconnection of parents’ personal traits, family relations, as well as frequency and type of punishment of children
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