The Moderating Role of Surgency, Behavioral Inhibition, Negative Emotionality and Effortful Control in the Relationship between Parenting Style and Children’s Reactive and Proactive Aggression

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2022-01Department
PsicologíaSource
Children 2022, 9(1), 104Abstract
The principal aim of this study is to explore the moderating role of temperament in the
relationship between parenting style and the reactive and proactive aggressive behavior of 8-year-old
children. The participants are 279 children (154 boys and 125 girls). To measure reactive and proactive
aggression, children completed the reactive and proactive questionnaire (RPQ). Child temperament
and parenting styles were evaluated by both parents using the temperament in middle childhood
questionnaire (TMCQ) and the parenting styles and dimensions questionnaire (PSDQ). The results
revealed that boys with high surgency levels and authoritarian fathers displayed more reactive
aggression, whereas behaviorally inhibited boys with mothers who scored low for authoritarian
parenting displayed less reactive aggression. Finally, girls with high levels of effortful control and
mothers who scored low for authoritative parenting displayed more proactive aggression. The results
highlight the value of studying the moderating role of temperament in the relationship between
children’s aggressive behavior and both mothers’ and fathers’ parenting styles, and underscores the
importance of doing so separately for boys and girls.
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aggressive behavior; temperament; parenting style; children; reactive aggression; proactive aggression; surgency; behavioral inhibition; negative emotionality; effortful controlCollections
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