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Controlling Parenting and Physical Aggression During Elementary School
Author(s) -
Joussemet Mireille,
Vitaro Frank,
Barker Edward D.,
Côté Sylvana,
Nagin Daniel S.,
Zoccolillo Mark,
Tremblay Richard E.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
child development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.103
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1467-8624
pISSN - 0009-3920
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2007.01133.x
Subject(s) - aggression , psychology , developmental psychology , temperament , multinomial logistic regression , odds , poison control , human factors and ergonomics , injury prevention , parenting styles , logistic regression , personality , social psychology , medicine , medical emergency , machine learning , computer science
The goal of the present study was to examine whether controlling parenting contributes to the problem of physical aggression. Developmental trajectories of children’s physical aggression were modeled from yearly teachers’ ratings, from ages 6 to 12. Multinomial logistic regressions ( N = 1,508) served to identify risk factors that distinguish children who display different levels of physical aggression throughout grade school. Results revealed that being a boy and having a reactive temperament were important child predictors. Parental separation and an early onset of motherhood were also significant risk factors. Finally, mothers’ controlling parenting increased the odds of following the highest trajectory of physical aggression, above and beyond the previous risk factors.