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Is being Punished at School an Indicator of Psychosocial Risk?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2017

Ana Isabel Corchado ,
María José Díaz-Aguado Jalón  and
Rosario Martínez-Arias
Ana Isabel Corchado*
Affiliation:
Universidad Complutense (Spain)
María José Díaz-Aguado Jalón
Affiliation:
Universidad Complutense (Spain)
Rosario Martínez-Arias
Affiliation:
Universidad Complutense (Spain)
*
*Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Ana Isabel Corchado. Facultad de Trabajo Social. Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Madrid (Spain). Phone: +34–913942702. Fax: +34–913942722. E-mail: aicorcha@ucm.es
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Abstract

Research carried out in different cultural contexts shows that the use of exclusively coercive disciplinary measures does not improve the behavior of those punished, and may even increase the risks underpinning those behaviors. The aim of this research was to study whether there is a link between repeatedly suffering punishment at school and psychosocial risks in adolescence. A non-experimental design was implemented with selected groups. The participants were 507 adolescents from four groups with different risk levels: in social protection (n = 189); subject to court measures (n = 104); in treatment for drug abuse (n = 25); and comparison group (n = 189). A questionnaire was applied collectively. The variables measured were school punishments, violence, drug consumption and commission of crimes. The mild punishments variable predicted and increased the probability of consuming alcohol, tobacco and cannabis by 34% (95% CI [1.1, 1.5]), and increased the probability of using illegal drugs by 11% (95% CI [1.11, 1.30]). Te severe punishments variable increased the probability of using illegal drugs by 86% (95% CI [1.41, 2.49]) and increased the probability of committing crimes by 40% (95% CI [1.13, 1.73]). School punishments, particularly if severe, stand as a visible indicator of psychosocial risk. Behaviors subjected to punishment should alert us to the need to intervene with individuals who manifest them for which the use of exclusively coercive measures is ineffective. A wider educational intervention is required to help them find their place in school instead of excluding them from it.

Keywords

adolescentsrisk behaviorschool punishment
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Research Article
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The Spanish Journal of Psychology , Volume 20 , 2017 , E65
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Copyright © Universidad Complutense de Madrid and Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos de Madrid 2017 

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Footnotes

This research has been possible thanks to the agreements signed by the Universidad Complutense de Madrid with the Agencia Madrileña para la Reeducación y Reinserción del Menor Infractor, Instituto Madrileño de la Familia y el Menor, and by the agreements signed between Madrid Salud and Programa de Menores del Proyecto Hombre.

How to cite this article:

Corchado, A. I., Díaz-Aguado Jalón, M. J., & Martínez-Arias, R. (2017). Is being punished at school an indicator of psychosocial risk? The Spanish Journal of Psychology, 20. e65. Doi:10.1017/sjp.2017.59

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