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Influence of Marital Conflict on Children's Aggression: The Mediation Effect of Co-Parenting

부부갈등이 아동의 공격성에 미치는 영향: 부부공동양육의 매개효과

  • Jang, Mi-yeon (Major of Child Counselling, Duksung Women's University Graduate School of Culture and Industries) ;
  • Choi, Mi-Kyung (Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Duksung Women's University)
  • 장미연 (덕성여자대학교 문화산업대학원 아동상담전공) ;
  • 최미경 (덕성여자대학교 아동가족학과)
  • Received : 2014.03.17
  • Accepted : 2015.07.15
  • Published : 2015.10.30
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Abstract

This study examines the relation of marital conflict, co-parenting, and children's aggression and the mediating role of co-parenting between marital conflict and children's aggression. Participants consisted of 380 elementary school fifth, sixth graders (152 male and 228 female students) and their mothers from Seoul, Gyeonggi-do, and Gyeongsangnam-do. Children completed questionnaires on marital conflict and the mothers completed questionnaires on co-parenting and children's aggression. The collected data were analyzed using basic descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation coefficients, and a multiple regression analysis. The Baron and Kenny's method was used to determine the mediating model's significance. It was adapted to SPSS ver. 20.0 for Windows. The major findings were as follows: first, the marital conflict (intensity/resolution) positively influenced children's aggression. Second, supportive co-parenting negatively influenced children's aggression. In addition, the marital conflict (frequency/resolution) negatively influenced co-parenting. Co-parenting (supportive/reprehensive) also played a perfectly mediating role between marital conflict and children's aggression. Marital conflict had an indirect influence through co-parenting on the children's aggression. The results indicate that co-parenting plays a crucial role in the relationship between marital conflict and children's aggression.

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