To analyze influences of punishment experience of elementary schoolers on academic stress and academic maladjustment, we set the following Study questions.
1. How is the punishment experience of the students according to their variables?
2. How is t...
To analyze influences of punishment experience of elementary schoolers on academic stress and academic maladjustment, we set the following Study questions.
1. How is the punishment experience of the students according to their variables?
2. How is the academic stress of the students according to their variables?
3. How is the academic maladjustment of the students according to their variables?
4. What is the relation of punishment experience, academic stress, and academic maladjustment of the students?
5. What are the influences of academic stress and academic maladjustment on punishment experience of the students?
For the study, we distributed 308 questionnaires about punishment experience, academic stress, and academic maladjustment to 4th and 5th graders of elementary schools in Osan and Hwasung, The results of the study are as follows.
Most of the direct punishment were 'hitting palm with stick' and most of the teachers used tools for punishment rather than using parts of the body. Most use 'holding up hauds' for indirect punishment and the 6th graders had more punishment experiences than the 4th graders. According to gender, male students had more punishment experiences than female students.
As for academic stress, they showed high level of self-expression stress on the relationship with their friends and they got high level of stress when the teachers treat them discriminatively. They also got high level of stress from tests and they showed low level of stress on school attendance and physiology. The 4th graders showed higher level of stress than the 6th graders and the female students got more stress than the male students.
In case of withering behavior, most students think 'I'm not popular among my friends' and for degradation behavior, they think 'I'm too stubborn.' In case of excess behavior, most answered that 'I talk too much and shout a lot' and for violent behavior, they say 'I want to swear or beat someone up.' There was no significant difference according to grades and the male students showed more degradation behaviors and excess behaviors than the female students.
If we look at the correlation of punishment experience, academic stress, and academic maladjustment, students with many punishment experiences showed a high level of academic stress. When they have experienced punishment a lot, they showed a high level of stress on teachers and attending school. The linguistic punishment had a significant correlation with all fields of the academic stress.
As for relation of types of punishment and academic maladjustment, they showed large correlation on the correlation of punishment and academic maladjustment behavior and it had large correlation of punishment and violent behavior. As the students get direct and indirect punishment, they showed more violent behavior.
It showed a significant correlation with every factor on relation of academic stress and academic maladjustment. It showed the largest correlation on physiological stress and violent behavior. Self-expression stress had correlation with withering behavior and test stress had correlation with degradation behavior, Teacher and attending school stress had correlation with the general academic maladjustment behavior and the Physiological stress had correlation wit]1 violent behavior.
When looking at the influences of punishment experience on academic stress, it shows that as they have more linguistic punishment and punishment using tools, the stress increased generally. The punishment variables that Influence academic maladjustment behavior significantly, were use of tools and punishment. The academic stress variables that influence academic maladjustment behavior significantly, were punishment, self-expression stress, attending school stress, and physiological stress. It is shown in order of physiological stress, self-expression stress, attending school stress, and punishment.
As it is shown above, the school punishment can be the factors of academic stress and academic maladjustment. We can also see that they influence each other. Students with many punishment experiences get a lot of stress and as they get a lot of stress, they showed many academic maladjustment behaviors.