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Yalçın Özdemir1, Alexander T Vazsonyi, Figen Çok
1Adnan Menderes University, Faculty of Education, Department of Counseling and Guidance, Merkez Kampüs Aytepe, 09010 Aydın, Turkey. yalcin.ozdemir@adu.edu.tr
Abstract:
The present study examined the direct and indirect relationships between parenting processes (parental closeness, parental monitoring, and parental peer approval), low self-control, and aggression. Participants were 546 adolescents aged 14-18 attending state high schools in Turkey. Participants completed a questionnaire that included measures of parenting processes, self-control, and aggression. Findings provided evidence of both direct and indirect effects of maternal and paternal parenting processes on aggression through low self-control. Specifically, results showed that maternal closeness, paternal peer approval and both maternal and paternal monitoring were positively and directly related to low self-control, and indirectly related to aggression through low self-control. Together, parenting processes and low self-control explained 21% of the variance in aggression. Implications for self-control theory and directions for future research are discussed.
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