Positive and Negative Parenting Strategies, Parental Psychopathology, and Relational Aggression in Youth

<p>This study examined the mediating role of parental psychological control on the association between parental psychopathology and youth relational aggression in a community sample of 118 adolescents (aged 11-17) and their parents. Additionally, an analysis was conducted to examine the moderating role of positive parenting on the association between parental psychopathology and relational aggression. Further analyses controlled for overt aggression and examined effects of youth gender. Results suggest psychological control partially mediates the association between parental psychopathology and relational aggression. The overall mediation was not significant after controlling for overt aggression; however, the association between psychological control and relational aggression remained significant. The moderation was not significant. Parental psychopathology interacted with gender; specifically, psychopathology was significantly associated with relational aggression only for boys. Findings demonstrate the complexity of associations between different parenting variables and relational aggression, and the necessity of assessing the effects of overt aggression and gender.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

M.S.

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Psychology

Year

2012

Authors dc:creator

• Lapre, Genevieve E
• Marsee, Monica A

Contributors dc:contributor

• Monica Marsee
• Paul Frick
• Carl Weems

• relational aggression
• psychological control
• parental psychopathology
• positive parenting
• overt aggression
• Developmental Psychology

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/1563

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarworks.uno.edu:td-2577