Quality of family interaction, emotional competence and aggressiveness among school children

Cilj ovog istraživanja bio je ispitati ulogu dječje percepcije majčina i očeva roditeljskog ponašanja i emocionalne kompetentnosti djeteta u objašnjenju agresivnog ponašanja djeteta. U istraživanju su sudjelovala 203 učenika (111 djevojčica i 92 dječaka) prosječne dobi 12 godina. Djeca su procjenjivala roditeljsko ponašanje majki i očeva na Upitniku roditeljskog prihvaćanja/odbijanja – verzija za djecu (Rohner, 2005), svoju emocionalnu kompetentnost na Upitniku emocionalne kompetentnosti (Takšić, 2002) i svoje agresivno ponašanje na Upitniku agresivnosti za djecu i adolescente (Vulić-Prtorić i Bartolić, 2006). Rezultati pokazuju kako je roditeljsko ponašanje majke i oca značajno povezano s agresivnim ponašanjem djeteta na način da roditeljsko prihvaćanje smanjuje agresivno ponašanje, dok zanemarivanje, agresivnost i nediferencirano odbijanje roditelja povećava agresivno ponašanje. Regulacija i upravljanje emocijama, kao mjera emocionalne kompetentnosti, se također pokazala značajno povezana s agresivnim ponašanjem. Djeca koja imaju veću razinu emocionalne kompetentnosti će iskazivati manje agresivnog ponašanja. Varijable roditeljskog ponašanja objasnile su značajan dio varijance dječjeg agresivnog ponašanja. Zajedno s varijablom regulacija i upravljanje emocijama objašnjavaju 25,3% varijance agresivnog ponašanja. Očevo agresivno ponašanje se jedino pokazalo kao značajni prediktor dječjeg agresivnog ponašanjaThe aim of this research was to analyze the role of children's perception of mother's and father's parental behavior and emotional competence in explaining child aggressive behavior. The research included 203 children (111 girls and 92 boys) with an average age of 12 years. Children reported mother's and father's parental behavior by filling Parental Acceptance-Rejection Questionnaire- Child Version (Rohner, 2005), children emotional competence was assessed by Emotional Competence Questionnaire (Takšić, 2002), and aggression by Aggression Scale for Children and Adolescents (Vulić-Prtorić i Bartolić, 2006). Results show that mother's and father's parental behavior were significantly correlated with child aggressive behavior, in a way that percieved parental warmth-affection minimize aggressive behavior while perceived parental aggression, neglect and undifferentiated rejection increase aggressive behavior. Regulation and control emotion, as a measure of emotional competence, was also significantly correlated with child aggression. Children with higher level of emotional competence will show less aggressive behavior. The results confirmed a significant contribution of parental behaviour variables in explaining the variance in child aggressiveness. Along with regulation and control emotion, these variables explain 25,3% variance of aggressive behavior. Father's aggressive behavior was only significant predictor for children aggressiveness