Parenting Dimensions and Adolescent Peer Aggression: A Gendered Analysis

Sustainability

David Montero-Montero¹  Paula López-Martínez¹  Belén Martínez-Ferrer¹  David Moreno-Ruiz² 

[1] Department of Education and Social Psychology, Pablo Olavide University, 41013 Seville, Spain;Department of Social Psychology, Valencia University, 46003 Valencia, Spain;

关键词: peer aggression;    aggressive victims;    parental involvement;    parental imposition;    parenting dimensions;    gender;   

DOI  :  10.3390/su12166522

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The present study had two main goals. The first was to analyze the differences between parenting dimensions—strictness/imposition and involvement/acceptance—in adolescents’ engagement in peer aggression as aggressors, victims, aggressive victims, and non-involved. The second goal was to examine differences between parenting dimensions and peer-aggression roles by gender of both parents and adolescents. Participants were 779 adolescents (49.16% boys and 50.84% girls), aged between 12 and 16 years old (M = 14.21; SD = 1.35), enrolled in schools in Andalusia (Spain). Findings showed significant differences in parenting dimensions depending on gender of both adolescents (boy or girl) and parents (mother and father). For sons, non-involved adolescents scored higher in mother and father involvement than aggressors and aggressive victims. For daughters, non-involved scored higher in mother involvement than aggressors. Furthermore, girl aggressors and aggressive victims reported higher levels of mother imposition than non-involved. Results and their implications for sustainable development in adolescence are discussed.

【 授权许可】

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