The Effects of Paternal Psychological Control and Father-Child Attachment on Aggression: The Mediating Effects of Emotional Regulation (아버지의 심리적 통제 및 애착이 자녀의 공격성에 미치는 영향: 자녀 정서조절의 매개효과)

김현아; Hyein Chang (장혜인)

The Effects of Paternal Psychological Control and Father-Child Attachment on Aggression: The Mediating Effects of Emotional Regulation

THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
2016, 29(3), pp.253~275
Publisher : The Korean Society For Developmental Psychology
Research Area : Social Science > Psychological Science

김현아 ¹, Hyein Chang ¹

¹성균관대학교

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ABSTRACT

This study examined the contribution of paternal psychological control, father-child attachment, and their interaction to adult children‘s aggression with their emotion regulation as a mediator of those processes. A total of 156 college students completed a set of questionnaires assessing paternal psychological control, father-child attachment, children’s emotion regulation and aggression. Additionally, the Competitive Reaction Time to yield a behavioral index of aggression. Results indicated that paternal psychological control and father-child attachment each predicted aggression via their effects on emotion regulation, and the results remained significant even after controlling for the effects of maternal psychological control and mother-child attachment. However, father-child attachment did not moderate the relationship between paternal psychological control and children’s emotion regulation and aggression. Implications and limitations of this study are discussed.

KEYWORDS

father, psychological control, attachment, emotion regulation, aggression

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