Abstract
The present study examined the direct and indirect relationships between parenting processes (parental closeness, parental monitoring, and parental peer approval), low self-control, and aggression. Participants were 546 adolescents aged 14-18 attending state high schools in Turkey. Participants completed a questionnaire that included measures of parenting processes, self-control, and aggression. Findings provided evidence of both direct and indirect effects of maternal and paternal parenting processes on aggression through low self-control. Specifically, results showed that maternal closeness, paternal peer approval and both maternal and paternal monitoring were positively and directly related to low self-control, and indirectly related to aggression through low self-control. Together, parenting processes and low self-control explained 21% of the variance in aggression. Implications for self-control theory and directions for future research are discussed.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 65-77 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | Journal of Adolescence |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Feb 2013 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This research and a stay at the University of Kentucky during the fall semester (2011) was supported by a generous grant to the first author from the Turkish Council of Higher Education. We are grateful to the Turkish Council of Higher Education for their support. We also would like to thank the adolescents who participated in this study and the teachers for their help in administering the survey.
Keywords
- Adolescents
- Aggression
- Parenting processes
- Self-control
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
- Social Psychology
- Developmental and Educational Psychology
- Psychiatry and Mental health
