Motivation for change in the discipline of children : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Social Work, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand

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dc.contributor.authorMadgeskind, Sharon Mary
dc.date.accessioned2010-05-24T01:27:27Z
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dc.date.available2010-05-24T01:27:27Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractSince becoming the first English speaking country to legislate against the physical discipline of children in 2007, there has been much debate in New Zealand for and against the parental practice of smacking. For some it has meant a welcome amendment to legislation that protects the human rights of children, for others it raises fears that parents can be criminalised for smacking their children and that the rights of parents to discipline their child, as they see fit, are being eroded. Working for an organisation that fully supports the Amendment to Section 59 of the Crimes Act, 1961 and that promotes the human rights of children; the motivating factors that encourage a parent to stop the practice of physically disciplining their child became of interest to the researcher for this thesis. Ten participants, who had used physical discipline and who had made a decision to stop the practice, were recruited to take part in a qualitative study. The data collected was analysed through a thematic analysis process using five motivational contexts found in previous research on the topic. The five contexts were experiential, relational, biographical, regulatory and ideological (Davis, 1999). The findings of the research for this thesis concur with the previous research and add further information about the motivating factors. The findings also identify the strategies that parents have found useful to achieve success in their endeavour to change their disciplinary practice. Furthermore the importance of and the distinction between the human rights of the child and parental rights have been highlighted.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10179/1333
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMassey Universityen_US
dc.rightsThe Authoren_US
dc.subjectCorporal punishmenten_US
dc.subjectPhysical disciplineen_US
dc.subjectSmackingen_US
dc.subjectChild disciplineen_US
dc.subjectSocial changeen_US
dc.subjectNew Zealanden_US
dc.subject.otherFields of Research::370000 Studies in Human Society::370200 Social Work::370203 Social policyen_US
dc.titleMotivation for change in the discipline of children : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Social Work, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealanden_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
massey.contributor.authorMadgeskind, Sharon Mary
thesis.degree.disciplineSocial Worken_US
thesis.degree.grantorMassey Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Social Work (M.S.W.)en_US
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