Well, I broke out my old PSX with the Shark in it and found that there was still some life left, so I decided to do more experiment. While experimenting with a Pixie, I decided to test how it will react to scolding after cheating. Here's what I've found.

After the first few times trying it, I got a similar reaction in stress, which was +12 Stress in this case. Thinking back on remembering how stress varied, I decided to try something, to see how raising style (i.e. Even, Harsh, Doting, etc.) could be tied to the stress reaction.

First I shifted the style to Doting, and scolded her for cheating. The result, a whopping 22 point increase in Stress! Could this be a coincidence. I decided to find out what happens on the other extreme and shifted the style to Spartan, the result? No additional Stress! That's right! None!

This could be useful info for lazy and or stubborn monsters. Hope this might prove helpful!

BTW, the above discovery so far only applies to scolding for cheating. Failure scolding seems constant.

I'm not really too surprised at the results of that one DP. If you look at it from the perspective of a human, discipline or worry of any kind seems to add to stress. Not sure if every time I get stressed if a take a 22 point hit to my LI, but I'm sure it's pretty close. When I get fatigued, and no Nuts Oil are available, I settle for Folger's Breakfast Blend. If I get stressed, and no Mint Leaves are available, I play Knockout Kings and take it out on someone else!

I have a question, DP...If you're a "Spartan" style trainer, wouldn't oyu ALREADY yield high stress levels on your monsters? I mean, if I were treated like an slave or such, never given any choice on the matter, I'd be stressed enough as is. If this is so, wouldn't the no stress due to cheating be almost pointless in caomparison to the overall reductions of the training style?