title: Parenting processes and aggression: the role of self-control among Turkish adolescents.
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.
authors.affiliation: Adnan Menderes University, Faculty of Education, Department of Counseling and Guidance, Merkez Kampüs Aytepe, 09010 Aydın, Turkey. yalcin.ozdemir@adu.edu.tr
authors.forename: Yalçın
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Özdemir
authors.forename: Alexander T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Vazsonyi
authors.forename: Figen
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Çok
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D000374:Aggression; D003469:Culture; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D016487:Parenting; D010379:Peer Group; D012951:Socialization; D014421:Turkey