RT journal article
T1 Parental Corporal Punishment and Peer Victimization in Middle Childhood: A Sex-Moderated Mediation Model of Aggression
A1 Martín, Alba
A1 Muñoz Sánchez, José Manuel
A1 Braza Lloret, Paloma
A1 Ruiz Ortiz, Rosa María
A1 del Puerto-Golzarri, Nora
A1 Pascual-Sagastizábal, Eider
A1 Azurmendi, Aitziber
A1 Carreras de Alba, María Rosario
A2 Psicología
K1 corporal punishment
K1 physical aggression
K1 relational aggression
K1 peer victimization
K1 moderated mediation analyses
K1 middle childhood
K1 parenting
AB There is a peak in peer victimization during middle childhood, with multiple negative consequences. Parental use of corporal punishment and child aggression are the most widely studied predictors of this phenomenon. The aim of the present study was to analyze whether parental use of corporal punishment affects peer victimization through child aggression. This mediation model was explored for both mothers and fathers and for both physical and relational forms of aggression and peer victimization. Furthermore, we also analyzed whether the mediation models were moderated by the sex of the child. Participants were 234 third graders (46% girls). Child aggression and victimization were measured by peers using the Mini Direct Indirect Aggression Inventory. Independent measures of mother's and father's use of corporal punishment were obtained from a PCA of items from the Parental Styles and Dimensions Questionnaire (PSDQ). Conditional process modeling was carried out using a macro for SPSS developed by Hayes (2013). Results indicated that aggression mediated the relation of parental corporal punishment to peer victimization. Some interesting moderating effects of sex in this mediation model were found; specifically, physical, and relational aggression mediated the relation of maternal corporal punishment to peer victimization only in boys. Few studies to date have addressed the connection between aggressive behavior and peer victimization as outcomes of corporal punishment, taking into consideration the role of parent's and child's sex, and both physical and relational forms of aggression and victimization during childhood.
PB FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
SN 1664-1078
YR 2021
FD 2021-02
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/24841
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/24841
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 07-nov-2026