# The effect of parenting style on aggressive behavior in adolescents: the chain mediating roles of self-control and attachment

## TL;DR

The study explores how parenting styles influence adolescent aggression through self-control and attachment in Chinese teens.

## Contribution

It identifies self-control and attachment as chain mediators linking parenting styles to aggressive behavior.

## Key findings

- Parenting style significantly correlates with aggressive behavior, self-control, and attachment.
- Self-control and attachment mediate the relationship between positive parenting and aggression.
- A chain mediation effect of self-control and attachment is observed in positive parenting.

## Abstract

We investigated the mediating effects of self-control and attachment in the relationship between parenting style and aggressive behavior among Chinese adolescents.

A total of 617 adolescents from Jiangsu, Henan and Hunan provinces completed Parenting Style Scale、 Aggressive Behavior Scale、 Self-Control Scale and Attachment Sale.

The results were follows: (1) There were significant correlations between parenting style, aggressive behavior, self-control, and attachment. (2) Both self-control and attachment mediated the relationship between positive parenting style and aggressive behavior. (3) Self-control and attachment played a significant chain mediating role in the relationship between positive parenting style and aggressive behavior.

Thus both parents’ positive and negative parenting styles can directly associate adolescents’ aggressive behavior. In addition, parents’ positive parenting style can also indirectly associate adolescents’ aggressive behavior through the separate mediating and the chain mediating roles of self-control and attachment.