A comparative study of adult life satisfaction with childhood discipline

This study examined the relationship between a) corporal punishment by parents, b)\ud psychological aggression by parents and adult life satisfaction; c) variance in life\ud satisfaction between the non-psychological aggression, minor psychological\ud aggression, and severe psychological aggression groups. The sample consisted of 188\ud students from 18 through 48 years old who were asked to recall the prevalence of\ud corporal punishment and psychological aggression used by both parents and/or stepparents\ud at the age of 10 and to indicate their current life satisfaction. The results did not\ud find a significant relationship between corporal punishment of children and life\ud satisfaction later in life, but a significant relationship existed between psychological\ud aggression of children and adult life satisfaction. Findings indicated that students who\ud experienced minor or severe psychological aggression showed lower levels of life\ud satisfaction than students who did not experience parental psychological aggression