Parenting styles and hormone levels as predictors of physical and indirect aggression in boys and girls
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Artículo / Artikulua
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10.1002/ab.21539
Resumen
This study examines the relationship between parenting style, androgen levels, and measures of physical and indirect aggression. Peer ratings of aggression were obtained from 159 eight‐year‐old children (89 boys and 70 girls). Parenting styles (authoritative, authoritarian or permissive) were assessed using the Parenting Styles and Dimensions Questionnaire (PSDQ). Saliva samples were obtained fro ...
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This study examines the relationship between parenting style, androgen levels, and measures of physical and indirect aggression. Peer ratings of aggression were obtained from 159 eight‐year‐old children (89 boys and 70 girls). Parenting styles (authoritative, authoritarian or permissive) were assessed using the Parenting Styles and Dimensions Questionnaire (PSDQ). Saliva samples were obtained from children and assayed for testosterone and androstenedione concentrations. A regression analysis revealed that high testosterone levels were associated with a higher level of physical aggression in boys with authoritarian mothers. Testosterone was also found to moderate the relationship between father’s authoritarian parenting and physical aggression in girls, with both moderate and high levels being significant. In relation to indirect aggression, moderate and high levels of testosterone were associated with higher levels of this type of aggression in girls with permissive mothers. Our results highlight the importance of taking into account the interaction of biological and psychosocial variables when investigating aggressive behavior. [--]
Materias
Testosterone,
Parenting styles,
Physical aggression,
Indirect aggression
Editor
Wiley
Publicado en
Aggressive Behavior, 2014, 40, 465-473
Departamento
Universidad Pública de Navarra. Departamento de Psicología y Pedagogía /
Nafarroako Unibertsitate Publikoa. Psikologia eta Pedagogia Saila
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Entidades Financiadoras
Funded by Ministry of Science and Innovation: Grant Number: PSI2010‐17150, and Basque Country Government: Grant Numbers: GIC07/19‐IT‐238‐07, BFI 08.111