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Harsh Parenting and Children’s Aggressive Behavior: A Moderated Mediation Model

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  • Bowen Liu

    (School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China)

  • Yuhua Yang

    (School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China)

  • Jie Geng

    (School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China)

  • Tingting Cai

    (School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China)

  • Mengjuan Zhu

    (School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China)

  • Tao Chen

    (School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China)

  • Jinjing Xiang

    (School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China)

Abstract

Harsh parenting and its effect on children’s aggressive behavior has received attention from researchers, however few studies have considered the role of the emotional process. This study aims to examine the relationship between harsh parenting, children’s aggressive behavior, normative beliefs about aggression, and regulatory emotional self-efficacy, alongside their mechanism of interplay. A sample of 235 senior primary school students in Beijing were recruited as participants by using the Harsh Parenting Scale, the Normative Beliefs about Aggression Scale, the Buss–Warren Aggression Questionnaire, and the Regulatory Emotional Self-Efficacy Scale. Results indicated that: (1) Harsh parenting had a significant positive predictive effect on children’s aggressive behavior after controlling gender; (2) normative beliefs about the aggression of children mediated the relationship between harsh parenting and children’s aggressive behavior; and (3) regulatory emotional self-efficacy had moderating effects both the mediation model of normative beliefs about the aggression of children and in the direct predictive model of harsh parenting on children’s aggressive behavior. The results are not only helpful to understand the relationship between harsh parenting and children’s aggressive behavior from the perspective of an integrated model of emotion processes and cognition, but also provide a new practical way to prevent and intervene in children’s aggressive behavior in the future.

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  • Bowen Liu & Yuhua Yang & Jie Geng & Tingting Cai & Mengjuan Zhu & Tao Chen & Jinjing Xiang, 2022. "Harsh Parenting and Children’s Aggressive Behavior: A Moderated Mediation Model," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(4), pages 1-13, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:4:p:2403-:d:753411
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    1. Haitao Liu & Kai Dou & Chengfu Yu & Yangang Nie & Xue Zheng, 2021. "The Relationship between Peer Attachment and Aggressive Behavior among Chinese Adolescents: The Mediating Effect of Regulatory Emotional Self-Efficacy," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(13), pages 1-10, July.
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