Parenting Predictors of Relational Aggression among Puerto Rican and European American School-Age Children

Autor/inn/en	Brown, Sharice Angel; Arnold, David H.; Dobbs, Jennifer; Doctoroff, Greta L.
Titel	Parenting Predictors of Relational Aggression among Puerto Rican and European American School-Age Children
Quelle	In: Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 22 (2007) 1, S.147-159 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0885-2006
Schlagwörter	Child Rearing; Aggression; Parenting Styles; Mothers; Ethnicity; Puerto Ricans; Predictor Variables; Socioeconomic Status; Family Characteristics; Gender Differences + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kindererziehung; Mother; Mutter; Ethnizität; Puerto Rican; Puerto-Ricaner; Prädiktor; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Geschlechterkonflikt
Abstract	The relationship between parenting and physical aggression is well established. However, less consideration has been given to parenting and relational aggression. The present study investigated four aspects of maternal parenting--overreactivity, laxness, positive affect and negative affect--and their relationships to relational aggression, in a sample of ethnically and socioeconomically diverse families. In the overall sample, positive maternal affect predicted less relational aggression, and negative maternal affect predicted more relational aggression. Laxness was associated with relational aggression in girls. For European American participants, negative affect, overreactivity, and laxness predicted relational aggression, whereas these relationships did not hold for Puerto Rican families. When parenting predictors were considered together, negative affect emerged as the most consistent predictor of relational aggression. Results suggest the need for more research on predictors of relational aggression, and for continued consideration of gender and ethnicity. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10