Korean Journal of Human Ecology (한국생활과학회지)

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Children's Relational and Overt Aggression in relation to their Negative Emotionality, Emotional Regulation, and Maternal Parenting Behaviors

유아의 관계적 및 외현적 공격성에 대한 부정적 정서성, 정서조절, 어머니양육행동의 영향

  • Kwon, Yeon-Hee (Dept. of Early Childhood Education, Pukyong National University)
  • 권연희 (부경대학교 유아교육과)
  • Received : 2011.08.17
  • Accepted : 2011.09.08
  • Published : 2011.10.31
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Abstract

This study examined the effects of children's negative emotionality, emotional regulation, and maternal parenting behaviors on their relational and overt aggression. The participants were 355 children(174 boys, 181 girls; aged 4-5 years old) and their mothers. The teachers completed rating scales to measure the children's aggression and emotion regulation. The children's negative emotionality and maternal parenting behaviors were assessed by a mother reported questionnaire. The collected data was analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-tests, correlations, and hierarchical multiple regressions. Results showed that Children's negative emotionality was positively related to their relational and overt aggression. Children's emotional regulation had a negative relation to their relational and overt aggression. Mother's limit-setting and rejection-neglect was significantly related to children's relational aggression, whereas mother's warmth-encouragement and rejection-neglect was negatively related to children's overt aggression. Hierarchical regression analysis indicated that the interaction of children's negative emotionality and mother's overprotection-permission predicted children's overt aggression. Children's negative emotionality, whose mothers demonstrated middle and high level of overprotection-permission, was associated significantly with overt aggression. In addition, the association between mother's parenting behaviors and children's aggressions were mediated by their emotion regulation. The findings point to similarities and differences between relational and overt aggression in relation to children's negative emotionality, emotional regulation and maternal parenting behaviors.

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