Abstract

GARCIA-LINARES, M.ª Cruz; GARCIA-MORAL, Ana Teresa  and  CASANOVA-ARIAS, Pedro Félix. Parents' educational practices that predict aggressiveness evaluated by different informants. rev.latinoam.psicol. [online]. 2014, vol.46, n.3, pp.198-210. ISSN 0120-0534.

This paper analyzes the influence of parents' educational practices on aggressive behavior during the last phase of primary education and the first cycle of secondary education, as well as the agreement between different measures of aggressiveness in a group of 326 male and female students aged 10 to 16 from a number of schools and high schools in Jaen (Spain). Educational practices analysed include affection/rejection by parents and three types of discipline-inductive, strict and indulgent. Aggressiveness in turn has been assessed from three tell-tale ways: the adolescent, their classmates and their teacher. The results of the study indicate that aggressiveness is better predicted by negative educational practices such as critique-rejection and rigid and indulgent discipline approaches. High levels of agreement are also found in aggressive behavior between different informants especially teacher and classmates.

Keywords : Parental Practices; Aggressiveness; Adolescence.

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