Parental Conflict and Early Adolescents’ Aggression: The Chain Mediating Effect of Emotional Insecurity and Self-Control

doi:10.12139/j.1672-0628.2024.06.009

Abstract

Abstract:

Based on the general aggression model as the conceptual framework, this study investigated the underlying mechanisms by which parental conflict influences the aggressive behavior of early adolescents. A questionnaire survey was conducted among 812 junior high school students using the Children’s Perception of Interparental Conflict Scale, the Security in the Interparental Subsystem Scale, the Self-Control Scale, and the Aggression Questionnaire. Structural equation modeling was performed using Mplus 7.0 to analyze the data. The results indicated that: 1) inter-parental conflict indirectly predicted early adolescents’ aggression through three mediated pathways: the mediating roles of emotional insecurity and self-control, as well as the chain mediation of both factors; 2) among the three mediating pathways, the mediating effect of self-control had the largest effect size. These findings offer valuable insights for preventing and intervening in early adolescent aggression, thus promoting adolescents’ development.

Key words: parental conflict, aggression, emotional insecurity, self-control, chain mediation role

摘要：

以一般攻击模型为概念框架，探讨了父母冲突作用于青少年早期攻击行为的内在机制。采用父母冲突儿童知觉量表、父母关系安全感量表、自我控制量表和攻击行为问卷对812名初中生进行问卷调查。采用Mplus7.0构建结构方程模型对数据进行分析，结果表明：(1)父母冲突可以通过三条中介路径间接作用于青少年早期攻击行为：情绪不安全感和自我控制的单独中介作用以及二者的链式中介作用；(2)在三条中介路径中，自我控制的中介作用效应量最大。研究结果能够为预防和干预青少年早期攻击行为提供启示，进而促进青少年的健康发展。

关键词: 父母冲突, 攻击行为, 情绪不安全感, 自我控制, 链式中介作用

Shan SUN, Pian CHEN, Yang YANG, Aodi HUANG, Meiping WANG. Parental Conflict and Early Adolescents’ Aggression: The Chain Mediating Effect of Emotional Insecurity and Self-Control[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2024, 22(6): 784-790.

孙姗, 陈翩, 杨阳, 黄奥迪, 王美萍. 父母冲突与青少年早期攻击行为：情绪不安全感和自我控制的链式中介作用[J]. 心理与行为研究, 2024, 22(6): 784-790.

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变量	M	SD	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
1.性别
2.年级			0.07*
3.家庭收入			0.05	0.18***
4.父母文化水平			0.01	0.14***	0.29***
5.父母冲突	2.00	0.61	–0.04	–0.08*	–0.24***	–0.19***
6.情绪不安全感	1.97	0.65	–0.02	–0.17***	–0.19***	–0.16***	0.48***
7.自我控制	3.35	0.69	0.04	–0.09*	0.22***	0.16***	–0.43***	–0.32***
8.攻击行为	2.47	0.64	–0.19***	–0.11**	–0.36***	0.21***	0.46***	0.38***	–0.62***

变量	M	SD	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
1.性别
2.年级			0.07*
3.家庭收入			0.05	0.18***
4.父母文化水平			0.01	0.14***	0.29***
5.父母冲突	2.00	0.61	–0.04	–0.08*	–0.24***	–0.19***
6.情绪不安全感	1.97	0.65	–0.02	–0.17***	–0.19***	–0.16***	0.48***
7.自我控制	3.35	0.69	0.04	–0.09*	0.22***	0.16***	–0.43***	–0.32***
8.攻击行为	2.47	0.64	–0.19***	–0.11**	–0.36***	0.21***	0.46***	0.38***	–0.62***

预测变量	因变量：情绪不安全感				因变量：攻击行为
	β	t	95%CI		β	t	95%CI
	β	t	下限	上限	β	t	下限	上限
父母冲突(X)	0.52	16.68***	0.46	0.59	0.08	1.99*	0.01	0.16
情绪不安全感(W)					0.20	4.34***	0.10	0.29
自我控制(U)					–0.70	–12.75***	–0.80	–0.59
W×U					–0.05	–1.85	–0.11	0.01
R²		0.34***				0.68***

预测变量	因变量：情绪不安全感				因变量：攻击行为
	β	t	95%CI		β	t	95%CI
	β	t	下限	上限	β	t	下限	上限
父母冲突(X)	0.52	16.68***	0.46	0.59	0.08	1.99*	0.01	0.16
情绪不安全感(W)					0.20	4.34***	0.10	0.29
自我控制(U)					–0.70	–12.75***	–0.80	–0.59
W×U					–0.05	–1.85	–0.11	0.01
R²		0.34***				0.68***

路径	效应值	95% CI		相对中介效应占比(%)
路径	效应值	下限	上限	相对中介效应占比(%)
A1：父母冲突→情绪不安全感→攻击行为	0.05	0.01	0.10	10.87
A2：父母冲突→自我控制→攻击行为	0.27	0.19	0.35	58.70
A3：父母冲突→情绪不安全感→自我控制→攻击行为	0.06	0.02	0.11	13.04
A1−A2	–0.22	0.10	0.27
A1−A3	–0.01	–0.07	0.05
A2−A3	0.21	0.08	0.28