The purpose of this study is to analyze the impact of parental parenting styles on violent delinquency among middle school students and to examine the mediating effects of depression and aggression in the relationship between parenting styles and viol...
The purpose of this study is to analyze the impact of parental parenting styles on violent delinquency among middle school students and to examine the mediating effects of depression and aggression in the relationship between parenting styles and violent delinquency. For this, data from the 2018 Korean Children and Youth Panel Survey (KCYPS) on first-year (Wave 1) and second-year (Wave 2) middle school students were used. The study analyzed the effects of parenting styles in the first year of middle school on depression, aggression, and violent delinquency in the second year using a structural equation model.
The results of the study are as follows: First, Among the parenting attitudes of parents, rejection, coercion, warmth, and support for autonomy, which showed a significant correlation with violent delinquency, all did not directly affect violent delinquency. Second, the analysis of the mediating effects of depression and aggression showed that depression and aggression fully mediated the effects of coercive and warm parenting styles on violent delinquency, with aggression having a stronger mediating effect than depression. In other words, coercive parenting increased depression and aggression, which in turn heightened violent delinquency, while warm parenting reduced depression and aggression, thereby decreasing violent delinquency. Based on these findings, the study suggests social measures to improve parenting styles among parents of middle school students and to reduce aggression and depression in middle school students.