Abstract
The present study had two main goals. The first was to analyze the differences between parenting dimensions—strictness/imposition and involvement/acceptance—in adolescents’ engagement in peer aggression as aggressors, victims, aggressive victims, and non-involved. The second goal was to examine differences between parenting dimensions and peer-aggression roles by gender of both parents and adolescents. Participants were 779 adolescents (49.16% boys and 50.84% girls), aged between 12 and 16 years old (M = 14.21; SD = 1.35), enrolled in schools in Andalusia (Spain). Findings showed significant differences in parenting dimensions depending on gender of both adolescents (boy or girl) and parents (mother and father). For sons, non-involved adolescents scored higher in mother and father involvement than aggressors and aggressive victims. For daughters, non-involved scored higher in mother involvement than aggressors. Furthermore, girl aggressors and aggressive victims reported higher levels of mother imposition than non-involved. Results and their implications for sustainable development in adolescence are discussed.
Highlights
Peer aggression and victimization are considered a public health concern [1] that undermines the well-being of many children and adolescents [2] and becomes a barrier to sustaining personal and social development
We focused on the role of parenting dimensions in peer aggression, considering four involvement roles in school-aged adolescents: aggressors, victims, aggressive victims (A-V), adolescents involved in peer aggression as both aggressors and victims, and non-involved (N-I) adolescents who are not involved as aggressors nor victims
As predicted, non-involved adolescents perceived the highest levels of both mother and father implication and acceptance than aggressors and A-V, who presented the lowest levels of mother and father involvement
Summary
Peer aggression and victimization are considered a public health concern [1] that undermines the well-being of many children and adolescents [2] and becomes a barrier to sustaining personal and social development. In their last report about peer aggression in Spain, Save The Children found a prevalence of around 60% for victims and 50% for aggressors. Peer aggression has become a public health problem, and both aggressors and victims reported maladjustment outcomes in the short term such as depression, anxiety [4], low self-esteem [5] or poor academic performance [6]. We focused on the role of parenting dimensions in peer aggression, considering four involvement roles in school-aged adolescents: aggressors, victims, aggressive victims (A-V), adolescents involved in peer aggression as both aggressors and victims, and non-involved (N-I) adolescents who are not involved as aggressors nor victims
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