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The Effects of Paternal Psychological Control and Father-Child Attachment on Aggression: The Mediating Effects of Emotional Regulation

Abstract

This study examined the contribution of paternal psychological control, father-child attachment, and their interaction to adult children‘s aggression with their emotion regulation as a mediator of those processes. A total of 156 college students completed a set of questionnaires assessing paternal psychological control, father-child attachment, children’s emotion regulation and aggression. Additionally, the Competitive Reaction Time to yield a behavioral index of aggression. Results indicated that paternal psychological control and father-child attachment each predicted aggression via their effects on emotion regulation, and the results remained significant even after controlling for the effects of maternal psychological control and mother-child attachment. However, father-child attachment did not moderate the relationship between paternal psychological control and children’s emotion regulation and aggression. Implications and limitations of this study are discussed.

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Submission Date
2016-07-15
Revised Date
2016-08-29
Accepted Date
2016-08-30

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