The Relationship Between Parental Anger and Behavior Problems in Children and Adolescents

Two studies examined the relationship between parental trait anger, parental symptomatology, and children's and adolescents' emotional/behavioral problems. Results of Study 1 suggested that parental trait anger did not serve as a mediator between parental symptoms and children's emoti...

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Published in:Journal of family psychology 1999-06, Vol.13 (2), p.209-227
Main Authors: Renk, Kimberly, Phares, Vicky, Epps, James
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anger
Behavior disorders
Behavior Problems
Behavioural problems
Biological and medical sciences
Children
Children & youth
Dyads
Emotional Adjustment
Family environment. Family history
Female
Human
Male
Medical sciences
Parental Characteristics
Parents
Parents & parenting
Psychology
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Relationship
Social psychiatry. Ethnopsychiatry
Symptoms
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Summary:Two studies examined the relationship between parental trait anger, parental symptomatology, and children's and adolescents' emotional/behavioral problems. Results of Study 1 suggested that parental trait anger did not serve as a mediator between parental symptoms and children's emotional/behavioral problems. Study 2, however, suggested that parental trait anger did serve as a mediator between parental depression and adolescents' emotional/behavioral problems. For internalizing behaviors, inward anger expression and trait anger were mediators in father-son dyads, and outward anger expression was a mediator in mother-daughter dyads. For externalizing behavior, inward anger expression was a mediator in father-son dyads, and outward anger expression was a mediator in mother-son dyads. These results suggest the importance of examining parental dispositions toward anger in relation to the psychological symptoms family members may experience.
ISSN:0893-3200
1939-1293
DOI:10.1037/0893-3200.13.2.209