Abstract:
This research was divided to two studies. Study 1 aimed to validate the Corporal punishment myths scale (CPMS), which participants were 400 undergraduate students, aged 18-22 years old. Study 2 was designed to test the relationship between Corporal punishment myth and Corporal punishment use, which participants were 250 undergraduate students, aged 18-22 years old. The instruments in this study were 1.Corporal punishment myths scale (CPMS), 2.Corporal punishment use (CP-Use), 3.The authoritarian personality scale (F-Scale), 4.The belief in a just world scale (BJW), and 5.The belief in an unjust world scale (BUJW). For the study 1, the results showed that the 10 items of the Corporal punishment myths scale consisted of two factors: Convenience myths (5 items, α=0.84) and Benefits myths (5 items, α=0.81). Moreover, the psychometric properties of the CPMS was also test. The results revealed that the internal consistency of the CPMS was high (α=0.87) and showed construct validity. For the study 2, the results showed that corporal punishment myths positively related to corporal punishment use (r=0.15, p < 0.01) and the corporal punishment myths significantly predicted Corporal punishment use (β = 0.15, p < .001). In addition, the result revealed that only Benefits myths positively related to Corporal punishment use (r=0.17, p < 0.01), while Convenience myths do not relate to Corporal punishment use (r=0.08, p>0.05). the Multiple regression analysis showed that Convenience myths and Benefits myths together significantly explained the variance in the value of Corporal punishment use by three percent (R2=0.03, p < 0.01). However, only Benefits myths significantly predict Corporal punishment use (β = 0.19, p < 0.01), while Convenience myths did not predict Corporal punishment use (β=-0.03, p>0.05). Conclusion, the results showed psychometric properties of Corporal punishment myths scale (CPMS), including construct validity, convergent validity, and model fit indices which indicated this scale could be acceptable measure for corporal punishment myths in Thai culture.