Dimension's of Discipline Inventory: The DDI
measures: (A) Misbehavior by the child. (B) Use of nine discipline techniques
such as explanation, corporal punishment, and reward. (C)Ten aspects of the
mode of implementing discipline (such as impulsivity) and the context (such
as agreement-disagreement between parents on discipline). (D) Degree of approval
or disapproval of each of the nine discipline techniques.
Despite the broad coverage, the DDI is brief - 10 to 20 minutes, average time
15 minutes.
CP6 - Straus,
Murray A. 1994. "Should the use of coporal punishment by parents be
considered child abuse?" Pp. 196-222 in Debating children's lives:
Current controversies on children and adolescents, M. A. Mason and E. Gambrill.
Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications.
CP11
- Straus, Murray A. 2001. "Ten myths that perpetuate corporal punishment."
Pp. 149-164 in Beating the Devil Out of Them: Corporal Punishment in American
Families and Its Effects on Children, 2nd Edition, M. A. Straus. New Brunswick,
NJ: Transaction Publishers.
CP31 - Straus,
Murray A. 1996. "Spanking and the making of a violent society." Pediatrics
98:837-842. Also as "Implication for society", 2007, In Press, in Murray
A. Straus & Rose Anne Medeiros, The primordial violence: Corporal punishment
by parents, cognitive development, and crime. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira
Press.
CP41
- Straus, Murray A. 2001. "The benefits of never spanking: New and
more definitive evidence." Pp. Chapter 12 in Murray A. Straus, 2nd
Edition. Beating the devil out of them: Corporal punishment in American
Families And Its Effects on Children, M. A. Straus. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction
Publications.
CP49
- Straus, Murray A. 1998. "Spanking by parents -- some ideas on measurement
and analysis of a neglected risk factor for serious mental health problems."
Behavioral measurements letter 5:3-8.
CP62
- Straus, Murray A. 2000. "Corporal punishment by parents: The cradle
of violence in the family and society." Virginia Journal of Social
Policy and the Law 8:7-60.
CP64
Straus, Murray A. 2007, In Press. "Demystifying the defenses of corporal
punishment." Pp. Chapter 14 in Murray A. Straus & Rose Anne Medeiros,
The primordial violence: Corporal punishment by parents, cognitive development,
and crime. Durham, NH: University of New Hampshire, Family Research Laboratory.
Available in: http://pubpages.unh.edu/~mas2/.
CP65
- Straus, Murray A. 2000. "Corporal punishment and primary prevention
of physical abuse." Child Abuse & Neglect 24:1109-1114.
CP67
- Straus, Murray A. 2005. "Children should never, ever, be spanked
no matter what the circumstances." Pp. 137-157 in Current Controversies
about Family Violence, D. R. Loseke, R. J. Gelles, and M. M. Cavanaugh.
Thousand Oak, CA: Sage.
CP85
- Douglas, Emily M. and Murray A Straus. 2007. "Discipline by parents
and child psychopathology." Chapter 18 in International handbook of
psychopathology and the law, A. R. Felthous and H. Sass. New York: Wiley.