The phrase "coercive discipline" means a way of punishing or controlling someone through force, threat, or fear rather than using positive methods or explanation.
Sentences with «coercive discipline»
The findings from this population - based multigenerational longitudinal study indicate that an intellectual home environment, parental aspiration and cognitive stimulation are positively associated with offspring cognitive ability whereas coercive discipline resulted in lower offspring ability scores. (academic.oup.com)
When parents provide warmth, emotional support, adequate monitoring, authoritarian discipline, and maintain age - appropriate expectations, children and adolescents experience positive adjustment compared with children whose divorced parents are inattentive, less supportive, and use coercive discipline (Heatherington and Stanley - Hagan, 1999; Krishnakumar and Buehler, 2000; Krishnakumar et al., 2003). (frontiersin.org)
Coercive discipline contaminates the relationship between a troubled young person and those who could provide positive guidance. (cyc-net.org)