Aggressive and non-aggressive parental discipline: Longitudinal associations with children's peer problems

IF 2.1 2区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology Pub Date : 2025-05-01 DOI:10.1016/j.appdev.2025.101809

Zijia Li , Yiji Wang

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Abstract

This longitudinal study investigated whether aggressive and non-aggressive parental discipline methods are differentially associated with children's peer-related difficulties and whether emotion dysregulation may mediate these relations. When children (N = 16,708; 51.1 % boys) were 3, 5, and 7 years old, parents reported parental discipline and children's emotion dysregulation and peer problems. The results demonstrated that aggressive and non-aggressive discipline methods differentially predicted children's peer problems and supported the mediation of children's emotion dysregulation (β_ind = 0.004 to 0.012). Moreover, reasoning was the only method that positively predicted emotion regulation (β = − 0.07, p < .01), and a balanced disciplinary approach may support children's peer relationships through its relation to emotion dysregulation (βind = − 0.01). The findings offer a nuanced understanding on the relation between parental discipline and child development and highlight emotional regulation as a mechanism underlying these relations in early childhood.

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攻击性和非攻击性父母管教：与儿童同伴问题的纵向关联

本纵向研究调查了攻击性和非攻击性父母管教方法是否与儿童同伴相关困难存在差异，以及情绪失调是否可能介导这些关系。当儿童(N = 16708；51.1%的男孩)年龄分别为3岁、5岁和7岁，父母报告了父母管教、儿童情绪失调和同伴问题。结果表明，攻击性和非攻击性管教方式对儿童同伴问题的预测存在差异，并支持儿童情绪失调的中介作用（βind = 0.004 ~ 0.012）。此外，推理是唯一能正向预测情绪调节的方法(β = - 0.07, p <；.01)，平衡的管教方法可能通过同伴关系与情绪失调的关系来支持儿童同伴关系（βind = - 0.01）。研究结果对父母管教与儿童发展之间的关系提供了细致入微的理解，并强调情绪调节是儿童早期这些关系的基础机制。

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Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL-

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5.10

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3.30%

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology focuses on two key concepts: human development, which refers to the psychological transformations and modifications that occur during the life cycle and influence an individual behavior within the social milieu; and application of knowledge, which is derived from investigating variables in the developmental process. Its contributions cover research that deals with traditional life span markets (age, social roles, biological status, environmental variables) and broadens the scopes of study to include variables that promote understanding of psychological processes and their onset and development within the life span. Most importantly.