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    'he Effectiveness 0 f Parental Discipl inary Techn iques in Shap in g Ch i Idren' s Behavior in Yeka Abado Area from Parents' and Children 's Perspective
    (AAU, 2013-06) Hansemo, Hanna; Legesse, Mengistu (PhD
    Children are the substantial segment of every society because they are prospective leaders and owners of every country. To help children learn about appropriate behaviors, parents utilize various disciplinary techniques. This area should be given high emphasis because children's current and future behavior highly depends on the discipline taught by parents at young age. Therefore, this study was conducted with a main objective of identifying the effectiveness of parental disciplinary techniques in shaping children's behavior along with the various factors that affect its effectiveness. To materialize this, in-depth interview was conducted with eight parents, eight children of 10-16 age range, two community elders and two reli gious leaders. Moreover two focus group discussions were held with children of age range 10-12 and 13-16 years. In addition, one focus group discussion was held with parents who have children less than 18 years of age. To present the result of the study thematic analysis was used. This study was conducted in a semi-urban area called "Yeka-Abado" and has added knowledge for future activities in the area of child disciplining. The result of the study has indicated that parents utilize various disciplinary techniques to discipline their children. However, parents' childhood experience, religious perceptions and cultural values are identified to have influence on the selection and utilization of parental disciplinary techniques. Moreover, ages of the children, parent-child relationship, timing, consistency and attached rationale of the disciplinary techniques have been indentified to have impact on the effectiveness of the utilized disciplinary technique. Key words: parental disciplinary techniques, child discipline, effectiveness of parental disciplinary techniques