摘要：Corporal punishment (CP) is reported as a brutal act of teachers which vacates the roots of students’ personality and has adversely negative effect on their academic life. This study aimed at exploring the prevalent forms of CP infliction on elementary students of District Lahore, to find out the causes of CP infliction, and to know its impact on their academic performance and personality. For this purpose a descriptive survey study was conducted. The data was collected from 1000 elementary students and 200 Elementary School Teachers/Educators (ESTs/ESEs) from public schools of District Lahore. Three different questionnaires: “Forms of CP Questionnaire” (FCPQ), “Impacts of Corporal Punishment Questionnaire” (ICPQ) and “Causes of Corporal Punishment Questionnaire” (CCPQ) were used to collect the data. The data was analyzed through calculating percentages and frequencies. The results showed that most of the elementary students are corporally punished by their teachers in the form of beating with sticks, cock positioning and slapping. CP is usually imposed in order to maintain classroom rules, make the students attentive in class and to improve their grades. CP was found to have negative impacts on elementary student’s academic performance and personality. Majority of the students agreed that CP decrease their concentration to learn the lesson, cause discontinuation of the study, lower their learning and decrease their motivation to learn. Also, most of them agreed that CP increases depression, lessens their self-esteem, heightens anger and enhances the feeling of loneliness in them. This study recommends to sensitize ESTs/ESEs about the adverse impacts of CP infliction on students and to train them to use alternative ways in order to eliminate CP in the schools.
