Parental stress, harsh treatment and parental monitoring as factors associated with aggressive behaviour

Esta investigación examinó el aporte de tres prácticas parentales en la explicación de la conducta agresiva. El interés era indagar asociaciones entre estos factores, las diferencias por nivel socioeconómico y las diferencias en los reportes de ambos padres sobre la conducta agresiva de sus hijos. Participaron 256 parejas, con hijos adolescentes. Los resultados muestran que el estrés parental, el trato rudo y el monitoreo se asocian significativamente con la conducta agresiva. El estrés parental fue el factor con mayor peso predictor. Se encontraron diferencias significativas para los tres factores en los niveles socioeconómicos alto y bajo, pero no entre el medio y el alto. En los reportes de los padres, no se encontraron diferencias para estrés y trato rudo, pero sí para el monitoreo.This research studied the joint contribution of three parenting practices in the explanation of aggressive behavior. The main interest was to investigate the associations between these factors, the socioeconomic status, and the differences between the reports provided by parents in regards to the aggressive behavior of their children. The sample included 256 couples whose children were teenagers with an age range between 12 and 18 years old. The results show that parental stress, the harsh treatment, and monitoring are significantly associated with aggressive behavior of children. Parental stress was the factor with the highest degree of prediction. Significant differences were found for the three factors in high and low socioeconomic levels, but in medium and high were not. As for the versions of the parents, there were no significant differences in stress and rough management, but monitoring