Harsh Parenting in Relation to Child Emotion Regulation and Aggression
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Harsh parenting in relation to child emotion regulation and aggression was a study conducted by four individuals; Lei Chang, David Schwartz, Kenneth A. Dodge, and Catherine McBride-Chang. The study presented a model of harsh parenting that has an indirect effect, as well as a direct effect, oh child aggression in the school environment through the mediating process of child emotion regulation. This study was done on a sample of 325 Chinese children and their parents. The sample, which consisted of complete data from two parents and three teachers, included 325 children, of which 45% were female. The age of the children ranged from 3 to 6 years, with the majority falling between the ages of 4 and 5 years. The average age of the parents was 34. The study showed that mothers' harsh parenting affected child emotion regulation more strongly than the fathers, whereas harsh parenting deriving from the fathers had a stronger effect on child aggression. Also, a father's harsh parenting affected sons more than daughters, whereas there was no gender discrepancy effect with the mothers harsh parenting.
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