| Children's Aggressive/Prosocial Behaviors and Maternal Parenting Behaviors: Children's Emotional Regulation as Mediator |
| Jihyun Kim |
| Child Studies and Education, Hanyang Cyber University |
| Corresponding Author:
Jihyun Kim ,Tel: +82-2-2290-0353, Fax: +82-2-2290-0600, Email: jihyunkim@hycu.ac.kr |
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Received: September 10, 2009; Revised: October 8, 2009 Accepted: November 19, 2009. |
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| ABSTRACT |
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This study explored mediating effects of children's emotional regulation between maternal parenting behaviors and children's aggressive/prosocial behaviors. The participants were 1,187 4th, 5th, 6th grade children and their mothers from two elementary schools in Korea. The Maternal Parenting Behaviors Scale(Kim, 2006), the Emotional Regulation Scale(Lee, 1997), and a peer-nomination measure(Crick, 1995; Crick & Grotpeter, 1995) were used. Collected data were subjected to descriptive statistical analysis, Pearson's productive correlation and regression using SPSS(Ver 12.0). Findings revealed that children's self-emotional regulation mediated the effects of mother's physical punishment on children's aggressive behaviors, while children's other-emotional regulation mediated the effect of mother's warm-encouragement, mediation-supervision, and inconsistency on children's prosocial behaviors. In conclusion, children's emotional regulation mediates the effects of maternal parenting behaviors on children's aggressive/prosocial behaviors. |
| Keywords:
aggressive behavior, prosocial behavior, maternal parenting behavior, emotional regulation, mediating effect |
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