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22-06-2019 | Original Paper

Emotion Regulation and Relational Aggression in Adolescents: Parental Attachment as Moderator

Auteurs: Constantinos M. Kokkinos, Ioanna Algiovanoglou, Ioanna Voulgaridou

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Child and Family Studies | Uitgave 11/2019

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Abstract

Objectives

This study explores the relations between the functional subtypes of relational aggression (proactive and reactive) and difficulties with emotion regulation (cognitive reappraisal, expressive suppression). Further, it examines the moderating role of parental attachment including parental availability and dependency in these associations. Based on previous research, it was expected that difficulties in emotion regulation strategies would be associated with reactive but not with proactive relational aggression, and these links would be moderated by self-reported attachment quality to both parents.

Methods

Participants of the study were 518 Greek junior high school students (50% girls), aged between 12 tο 16 (M = 13.66, SD = 1.13) who completed a self-report questionnaire.

Results

The results showed that expressive suppression holds a positive association only with reactive but not with proactive relational aggression, while low maternal attachment security was linked to both proactive and reactive relational aggression. Moderation analyses also revealed that at low levels of perceived dependency on father the expressive suppression was negatively associated with student’s engagement in proactive relational aggression. The findings also evidenced that gender differentiates adolescents’ self-reported engagement in proactive RA and perceived dependency on father for males as well as cognitive reappraisal for females.

Conclusions

The importance of exploring interpersonal factors along with individual traits in the interpretation of relational aggression is discussed.
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Titel
Emotion Regulation and Relational Aggression in Adolescents: Parental Attachment as Moderator
Auteurs
Constantinos M. Kokkinos
Ioanna Algiovanoglou
Ioanna Voulgaridou
Publicatiedatum
22-06-2019
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Journal of Child and Family Studies / Uitgave 11/2019
Print ISSN: 1062-1024
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-2843
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-019-01491-9