1.Relationship between parental control and aggressive behavior of middle school students
HAN Hui, MIAO Pengcheng, WANG Yuanming, HUANG Xianfen,LIU Wei,CAO Chengbin
Chinese Journal of School Health 2020;41(9):1346-1349
Objective:
To explore the relationship between parental control and aggressive behavior of middle school students.
Methods:
Random cluster sampling was used to select 1 046 students.Information was collected through the Chinese version of Parental Control Questionnaire and Buss & Perry Aggression Questionnaire.
Results:
The score on anger were high among female students and the total score were high among male students(t=6.28,2.56,P<0.01).Multiple comparison showed. the grade two junior middle school students’aggression level is significantly higher than grade three junior middle school students and grade one, two high school students(t=3.22,4.07,3.01,P<0.05). There were significant gender differences in parental control,father’s behavior control and father’s psychological control(P<0.05).Parental control shows a significant grade difference,multiple comparison showed, parental control among junior middle school students is significantly higher than that among high school students(t=3.22, 4.07, 3.01, P<0.05).Parental control and aggressiveness of the students were significantly positively correlated(r=0.16,0.29).There was a significant positive correlation between the psychological control of the parents and the aggressiveness of the boys(r=0.26,0.23).The behavior control and psychological control of the parents were positively correlated with the aggressiveness of the girls(r=0.09,0.13,0.29,0.35)(P<0.05).The Logistic regression analysis showed,father’s psychological control(OR=0.50,95%CI=0.21-0.79) and mother’s psychological control(OR=0.32,95%CI=0.02-0.62) showed significant positive association with aggression of the boys.Mother’s psychological control(OR=0.55,95%CI=0.23-0.87)and parents’ control(OR=0.17,95%CI=0.01-0.33) were positively associated with aggression of the girls(P<0.05).
Conclusion
Effective intervention of parental control might help prevent and control aggressive behavior of middle school students.