Korean J Child Stud. 2001; 22(2): 149-166.

The Influence of Parenting Behaviors , Marital Conflict , and Sibling Relations on Aggression in Children

부모의 양육행동 , 부부갈등 및 아동의 형제자매관계와 아동의 공격성간의 관계

김민정,도현심

Min Jung Kim,Hyun Sim Doh

This study examined the effects of parenting behaviors, marital conflict and sibling relations on aggression with a sample of 301 6th graders (161 boys and 140 girls) living in P city. The subjects answered questionnaires regarding parenting behaviors, including sub-scales of physical punishment and psychological control, marital conflict, and sibling relations. Aggression was rated by peers. The results indicated that boys showed higher overt aggression than girls; children were aggressive when parents frequently used physical punishment and psychological control; the more children were exposed to marital conflict, the more aggressive they were, with particularly high correlations for girls; and the less positive and the more negative the sibling relations, the higher the aggression shown by children. Among the variables, parent`s behaviors were the most highly correlated with aggression in both boys and girls.