Item No | Items | Male (n = 145) | Female (n = 215) | T | p-value | ||
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||||
1 | Don’t Punish Negative Behaviour | 1.97 | 0.756 | 2.06 | 0.684 | −1.236 | 0.217† |
2 | Motivate | 1.33 | 0.541 | 1.29 | 0.512 | 0.758 | 0.449† |
3 | Overlook Behaviour | 2.17 | 0.850 | 2.41 | 0.761 | −2.843 | 0.006* |
4 | Don’t Punish Disruptive Behaviour | 2.17 | 0.785 | 2.23 | 0.718 | −0.751 | 0.456† |
5 | Reinforce Strategies | 1.39 | 0.627 | 1.64 | 0.735 | −3.274 | 0.001* |
6 | Cane Students | 2.11 | 0.826 | 2.21 | 0.698 | −1.282 | 0.216† |
7 | Commend Students | 1.54 | 1.818 | 1.36 | 0.603 | 1.362 | 0.174† |
8 | Don’t Cane Students | 1.62 | 0.657 | 1.62 | 0.622 | 0.310 | 0.976† |
9 | Demonstrate positive Behaviour | 1.39 | 0.580 | 1.35 | 0.588 | 0.613 | 0.540† |
10 | Reward with Items | 1.70 | 0.670 | 1.63 | 0.634 | 0.918 | 0.359† |
11 | Reward with Praise | 1.41 | 0.596 | 1.39 | 0.579 | 0.332 | 0.740† |
12 | Special Privileges | 1.69 | 0.672 | 1.74 | 0.708 | −0.669 | 0.504† |
13 | Send Students out of the classroom | 2.31 | 0.804 | 2.51 | 0.716 | −2.431 | 0.016* |
14 | Take Away Privileges | 2.23 | 0.705 | 2.51 | 0.747 | 0.826 | 0.409† |
15 | Time out | 2.13 | 0.766 | 2.27 | 0.705 | −1.768 | 0.078† |
16 | Verbal Reprimand | 1.97 | 0.735 | 2.01 | 0.723 | −0.471 | 0.638† |