The Mediating Role of Executive Functions in the Relationship Between Positive Parenting and Aggression

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1 M.Sc. of Educational Psychology, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran.

2 Ph.D. Student of Educational Psychology, Faculty of Educational and Psychology, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to predict aggression based on positive parenting with the mediating role of executive functions. The research was fundamental in terms of purpose and correlational in terms of method. The statistical population of this research consisted of all the students of the first secondary school in the 15th district of Tehran, and a sample of 261 students selected in an accessible way. Also, to collect data, the executive function deficit questionnaire (Sultani et al., 2017), the aggression questionnaire (Akbari Belotabangan et al., 2015) and the positive parenting scale (Naji et al., 2019) were used. Pearson correlation and structural equations were used to test the hypotheses. The results of the research showed that positive parenting has a negative relationship with relational aggression and executive functions play a mediating role. As a result, it can say that positive parenting helps parents to react calmly and skillfully to their children in times of tension and stress. Furthermore, executive functions can consider important prerequisites for effective parenting and for reducing aggression in families. These positive and effective relationships can ultimately help to reduce aggression in families and increase the quality of family life, because understanding and addressing the role of executive functions in this relationship may have implications for the development of targeted interventions to strengthen parenting practices and promote adaptive behaviors in adolescent

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