The Effects of Child Maltreatment From Parents on Reactive Aggression Among Upper-Elementary-School Students and the Moderating Role of Effortful Control
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2017
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Korean Journal of Child Studies
Abstract
This study examined the influences of child maltreatment and effortful control on
reactive aggression among upper-elementary-school students and investigated whether children’s
effortful control had any moderating effects on the relationship between child maltreatment and
reactive aggression.
The participants of this study consisted of 438 students (225 boys and 213 girls) from
four elementary schools located in Seoul, Incheon, and the Gyeonggi Province. The level of
reactive aggression was assessed via the Peer Conflict Scale (Marsee, Kimonis, & Frick, 2004).
The Child Trauma Questionnaire (Bernstein & Fink, 1998) was used to measure the level of child
maltreatment from parents. Effortful control was measured by the Early Adolescent Temperament
Questionnaire—Revised (Ellis & Rothbart, 2001). The statistical analyses of data for this study
included descriptive statistics and hierarchical regressions. The moderating effect of effortful
control was analyzed by using the procedures proposed by Baron and Kenny (1986).
The results of this study indicate that the level of child maltreatment increases the level
of reactive aggression and that the level of effortful control decreases the level of reactive
aggression for boys and girls. In addition, effortful control only moderated the influence of
maltreatment on reactive aggression for girls.
Higher levels of child maltreatment led to lower levels of child effortful control and
(subsequently) higher levels of reactive aggression.
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reactive aggression, child maltreatment, effortful control, upper elementary school, Korea, International Resources
Citation
Park, H. E., & Park, J. H. (2017). The Effects of Child Maltreatment From Parents on Reactive Aggression Among Upper-Elementary-School Students and the Moderating Role of Effortful Control. Korean J Child Stud, 38(5), 5-17.