Faculty of Psychology, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Campus Norte, Calle de Juan del Rosal, 10, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Sep 2;17(17):6382. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17176382.
Childhood aggression is important to acknowledge due to its social impact and importance in predicting future problems. The temperament of a child and parental socialization have been essential in explaining behavioral problems, particularly in the case of childhood aggression. The aim of this study is to examine-from the parents' perspective-the role of childhood temperament in the dynamic by which mothers' reactions socialize their children's aggression. We also explore how children's gender and age differences affect these relationships. The sample was composed of 904 participants between 1 and 6 years old. The Early Childhood Behavior Questionnaire and the Children's Behavior Questionnaire were used to evaluate children's negative affect and effortful control. The Parent-Child Relationship Inventory Maternal was used to assess maternal communication and discipline, and child aggression was assessed using the Children's Behavior Checklist. The results supported the mediating role of temperament in the processes by which perceived mothers' reactions socialize their children's aggression and suggested that maternal behaviors may not have the same consequences for girls and boys. Specifically, the aggressiveness of girls is dependent on a negative affect throughout toddlerhood and early childhood, while for boys, the duration of the negative affect's contribution is shorter, and aggressiveness is more sensitive to the maternal behaviors of discipline and communication.
儿童期攻击行为很重要，因为它具有社会影响，并且对预测未来问题很重要。儿童的气质和父母的社会化在解释行为问题方面至关重要，特别是在儿童期攻击行为的情况下。本研究旨在从父母的角度探讨儿童气质在母亲反应对儿童攻击行为的社会化的动态过程中的作用。我们还探讨了儿童的性别和年龄差异如何影响这些关系。样本由 904 名 1 至 6 岁的参与者组成。使用幼儿行为问卷和儿童行为问卷评估儿童的负性情绪和努力控制。使用亲子关系量表母亲版评估母亲的沟通和纪律，使用儿童行为检查表评估儿童的攻击行为。结果支持了气质在感知母亲反应对儿童攻击行为的社会化过程中的中介作用，并表明母亲的行为对女孩和男孩可能没有相同的后果。具体来说，女孩的攻击性在幼儿期和整个幼儿期都依赖于负性情绪，而对于男孩，负性情绪的影响持续时间较短，攻击性对纪律和沟通方面的母亲行为更为敏感。
