Parenting processes and aggression: The role of self-control among Turkish adolescents


ÖZDEMİR Y., Vazsonyi A. T., Cok F.

JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENCE, vol.36, no.1, pp.65-77, 2013 (SSCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 36 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2013
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2012.09.004
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENCE
  • Journal Indexes: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.65-77
  • Keywords: Parenting processes, Self-control, Aggression, Adolescents, HIRSCHIS GENERAL-THEORY, RELATIONAL AGGRESSION, EMPIRICAL-TEST, GOTTFREDSON, BEHAVIOR, CRIME, DELINQUENCY, DEVIANCE, FAMILY, ADJUSTMENT
  • TED University Affiliated: Yes

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. (c) 2012 The Foundation for Professionals in Services for Adolescents. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.