Citation

Hart CH, Nelson DA, Robinson CC, Olsen SF, McNeilly-Choque MK. Dev. Psychol. 1998; 34(4): 687-697.

Affiliation

Department of Family Sciences, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602, USA. craig_hart@byu.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 1998, American Psychological Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9681260

Abstract

Maternal and paternal parenting styles and marital interactions linked to childhood aggressive behavior as described in Western psychological literature were measured in an ethnic Russian sample of 207 families of nursery-school-age children. Results corroborated and extended findings from Western samples. Maternal and paternal coercion, lack of responsiveness, and psychological control (for mothers only) were significantly correlated with children's overt aggression with peers. Less responsiveness (for mothers and fathers) and maternal coercion positively correlated with relational aggression. Some of these associations differed for boys versus girls. Marital conflict was also linked to more overt and relational aggression for boys. When entered into the same statistical model, more marital conflict (for boys only), more maternal coercion, and less paternal responsiveness were found to be the most important contributors to overt and relational aggression in younger Russian children.

Language: en