Parental Influences on the Prevalence and Development of Child Aggressiveness

Autor/inn/en	Wahl, Klaus; Metzner, Cornelia
Titel	Parental Influences on the Prevalence and Development of Child Aggressiveness
Quelle	In: Journal of Child and Family Studies, 21 (2012) 2, S.344-355 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1062-1024
DOI	10.1007/s10826-011-9484-x
Schlagwörter	Social Status; Aggression; Daughters; Parenting Styles; Parent Education; Child Rearing; Adolescents; Foreign Countries; Males; Children; Antisocial Behavior; Longitudinal Studies; Parent Influence; Personality Traits; Family Relationship; Behavior Problems; Gender Differences; Females; Sons; Fathers; Germany + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sozialer Status; Daughter; Tochter; Parents education; Elternbildung; Elternschule; Kindererziehung; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Ausland; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Child; Kind; Kinder; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Geschlechterkonflikt; Weibliches Geschlecht; Son; Sohn; Deutschland
Abstract	The development of aggressiveness between 5 and 17 years and some parental influences on this development were analyzed using data from Germany. International studies have shown a "camel humps" curve, i.e., a peak of aggression of children (primarily boys) between 2 and 4 years and a second peak of antisocial or aggressive behavior of boys between 15 and 20 years, but small groups of children and adolescents were persistently aggressive. A representative longitudinal study (2,190 children and their parents) and an additional study (1,372 children and adolescents) were conducted in Germany. The hypotheses of this article are that in the data can be found (a) an U-shaped course of aggressiveness for boys and girls, but on different levels, (b) a minority of persistently aggressive children and youth, (c) influences of parental temperaments, behavioral tendencies, parenting styles and the family status on the children's aggressiveness. The results replicate roughly the "valley" of the U-shaped course of aggressiveness. Small groups of chronically aggressive children were found as well. Influences of parental temperaments and corresponding behavioral tendencies (internalizing and externalizing behavior), parenting styles (child-centered communication, use of violence) and the social status of the families on child aggressiveness confirmed the hypotheses. These processes were moderated by gender effects between mothers, fathers, daughters, and sons. In regard to the group of persistently aggressive young people prevention of aggression should start early in childhood and over the long term. Parent education should consider more the individual personalities of the parents, not only parenting styles. (As Provided).
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