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Victim-orientated discipline, interpersonal understanding and guilt.
Veer, A.J.E. de, Janssens, J.M.A.M. Victim-orientated discipline, interpersonal understanding and guilt. Journal of Moral Education: 1994, 23(2), p. 165-182.
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According to Hoffman's theory of moral internalisation, parents' victim-orientated disciplinary strategies may stimulate a child to take another's needs into account. To test this hypothesis a cross-lagged panel design was used with two measurements within a time interval of two years. Data were gathered from 150 families. Victim-orientated discipline was related to a child's experience of guilt. Evidence for Hoffman's hypothesis about long-term effects of parents' disciplinary strategies was not found. Some evidence was found for the hypothesis that a child's level of interpersonal understanding mediates between parental disciplinary strategies and a child's internalisation of moral norms. (aut. ref.)
According to Hoffman's theory of moral internalisation, parents' victim-orientated disciplinary strategies may stimulate a child to take another's needs into account. To test this hypothesis a cross-lagged panel design was used with two measurements within a time interval of two years. Data were gathered from 150 families. Victim-orientated discipline was related to a child's experience of guilt. Evidence for Hoffman's hypothesis about long-term effects of parents' disciplinary strategies was not found. Some evidence was found for the hypothesis that a child's level of interpersonal understanding mediates between parental disciplinary strategies and a child's internalisation of moral norms. (aut. ref.)