The purpose of this study was two-fold. First, this study examined the effects of maternal parenting behaviors, children''s social information processing, daily hassles, and emotional regulation on school-age children''s aggressive behaviors via the S...
The purpose of this study was two-fold. First, this study examined the effects of maternal parenting behaviors, children''s social information processing, daily hassles, and emotional regulation on school-age children''s aggressive behaviors via the SEM analysis. Second, it investigated whether the SEM path model differed according to the subtypes of aggression, overt and relational aggression.The subjects were 589 children in 4, 5, 6th grade and their mothers from three elementary schools in Seoul, Korea. The instrument used for mothers was the Maternal Parenting Behaviors Scale developed by this researcher. To evaluate children''s social information processing, the Intent Attributions and Feelings of Distress(Crick, 1995; Fitzgerald & Asher, 1987) and Response Decision Instrument(Crick & Werner, 1998) were revised and used. The Daily Hassles Scale for school-age children(Min & Yoo, 1998) was revised and used for children''s daily hassles. The Emotional Regulation(Lee, 1997) was revised and used for children''s emotional regulation. A peer-nomination measure(Crick, 1995; Crick & Grotpeter, 1995) was used to assess overt and relational aggression. The data were analyzed with descriptive statistics, Pearson correlations, and structural equation modeling analysis by using SPSS 12.0 and AMOS 4.0.The major results of this study were as follows. Overall, there were differences between overtly aggressive path and relationally aggressive path. First, overtly aggressive path exhibited two different patterns. The maternal parenting behaviors had effects on their children''s overt aggression through children''s emotional regulation. Specifically, the more mothers showed negative parenting behaviors, the less children showed emotional regulation. Also the less children showed emotional regulation, the more children showed overtly aggressive behaviors. In addition, the maternal parenting behaviors had effects on children''s overt aggression through children''s daily hassles and social information processing. Specifically, the more mother showed negative parenting behaviors, the more children showed daily hassles. Children with high level of daily hassles had difficulty in social information processing. The more children had difficulty in social information processing, the more children showed overtly aggressive behaviors.Second, according to relationally aggressive path pattern, the maternal parenting behaviors influenced children''s relational aggression through children''s daily hassles and children''s social information processing. Specifically, the more mother showed negative parenting behaviors, the more children experienced daily hassles. Children with high level of daily hassles had difficulty in social information processing. Also, the more children showed difficulty in social information processing, the more children showed relationally aggressive behaviors.