RT journal article
T1 Fathering and children's relational aggression: Moderating effects of children's temperament and gender
A1 Carreras de Alba, María Rosario
A1 Martín Ruiz-Berdejo, Alba
A1 Ruiz Ortiz, Rosa María
A1 Pascual-Sagastizábal, Eider
A1 del Puerto-Golzarri, Nora
A1 Azurmendi, Aitziber
A1 Braza Lloret, Paloma
A1 Muñoz Sánchez, José Manuel
A2 Psicología
K1 fathering
K1 gender differences
K1 middle childhood
K1 relational aggression
K1 temperament
AB In this exploratory study, we analyzed the contribution of fathering to relationalaggression (RA) in middle childhood and the moderating role of children'stemperament and gender. Participants (N = 234; 46% girls) were attending publicelementary school (mean age = 8.15; SD = 1.23) in middle‐class neighborhoods intwo Spanish cities. Fathers provided information about their parenting practicesusing the Parenting Styles and Dimensions Questionnaire, parents gave data ontheir child's temperament using the Temperament in Middle Childhood Questionnaireand children provided information about their peers’ aggressive behaviorusing the Mini Direct Indirect Aggression Inventory. Fathering dimensionsconsidered were Authoritative Cold, Authoritative Warm, Physical Punishment,and Insecurity; temperament dimensions considered were negative affect (NA),effortful control (EC), activity (AC), and shyness (SH). Gender, fathering, andtemperament dimensions additively accounted for a significant proportion of thevariance observed in RA. Several significant interactions suggested that the effectof fathering on RA was moderated by temperament and, in some cases, bychildren's gender. NA increased the potential risk of Authoritative Cold fathering(CF) and, in boys only, of Insecure fathering, while EC potentiated the protectiveeffect of Authoritative‐Warm fathering and, in boys only, buffered the risk effectof CF. SH buffered the risk effect of CF and decreased the protective effect ofAuthoritativeWarm fathering on RA. Lastly, AC also buffered the risk effect of CFon RA. Results are discussed in light of the protective or the vulnerability role oftemperament and in relation to models that explain sensitivity differences toenvironmental contexts.
PB WILEY
YR 2023
FD 2023
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/28024
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/28024
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 08-nov-2026