SPANKING & CORPORAL PUNISHMENT SURVEY #1 Informed Consent

This questionnaire is meant to assess the VIEWS of Tuskegee University students about SPANKING AND CORPORAL PUNISHMENT. It fulfills a course requirement for SOWK 300. Please do not write your name on this questionnaire. Your responses are anonymous and confidential; they will be reported only in aggregate form. SPANKING & CORPORAL PUNISHMENT SURVEY - Corporal punishment is the intentional infliction of pain on the body for the purpose of punishment. Examples include spanking, slapping, punching, hitting, with objects, pinching, and forcing to stand for long periods of time.

1. Age _______under 21 _______21 - 24 _______25 - 40 _______41 - 54 _______55 and over 2. Classification _______Freshman _______Sophomore _______Junior _______Senior _______Graduate Student _______Vet School 3. Gender _______Female _______Male 4. Do you think it is okay to spank children as a means of discipline? _______No, not under any circumstances? _______Yes, under what circumstances? 5. Did your parents spank you as a means of discipline? _______Yes _______No

6. Should parents be allowed to use corporal punishment to discipline their children? _______Yes _______No 7. Does corporal punishment work better than other disciplinary methods that dont involve physical pain? _______Yes _______No 8. Have you ever been in trouble with the police? _______Yes _______No 9. Overall, do you think that you deserved the punishment that your parents/guardians used on you when you were a child? _______Yes _______No 10. How likely do you think you will spank your children as a means of discipline? With 1 being very unlikely and 5 being very likely 1 2 3 4 5