The effects of harsh parenting and aggressive behavior on adolescents' externalizing problem ...

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by  Kee Jeong Kim

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations
1998
The effects of harsh parenting and aggressive
behavior on adolescents' externalizing problem
behavior
Kee Jeong Kim
Iowa State University
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The effects of harsh parenting and aggressive behavior on
adolescents' externalizing problem behavior
by
Kee Jeong Kim
A dissertation submitted to the graduate faculty
in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
Major Human Development and Family Studies
Major Professor. Jacques D. Lempers
Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa
1998
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For the Major Program
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For raduate College
DEDICATION
To
My mother, Jung Hee Kim, for
providing me a background to become a family researcher in the form of letting me
experience the crucible family life event during the transition to adolescence
To
Dr. Jacques Lempers, my major professor, for
his unconditional support, unlimited endurance, and endless encouragement that
ultimately rescued me from the insecure moments and made this research complete
To
Dr. Fred Lorenz, my role model in research, for
his enormous and pervasive impact on my research that stimulated and led me toward
a multidimensional perspective and will be alive in the rest of my research work
&
To
Dorothy Engelstad, a fantastic mother figure, for
her everlasting love, rich friendship, and fabulous hospitality toward
an intemational student throughout her entire graduate program
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
LIST OF FIGURES vi
LIST OF TABLES vii
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS viii
ABSTRACT xiii
CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION 1
The Hypothesized Conceptual Model 4
Research Questions 6
CHAPTER 2. LITERATURE REVIEW 8
Theoretical Framework 9
The Impact of Harsh Parenting on Children's Development 22
The Effect of Children's Aggressive Behavior on Parents 26
Harsh Parenting, Aggressive Behavior, and Extemalizing
Problem Behavior 31
Methodological Issues 34
Summary and Research Hypotheses 37
CHAPTER 3. METHOD 40
Participants and Procedures 40
Measures 44
Harsh Parenting 45
Aggressive Behavior 47
Extemalizing Problem Behavior 49
Overview of Data Analyses 51
The Measurement Model (The Null Model) 52
Model 1 (The Stability Model) 54
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Model 2 (The Cross-Lagged Reciprocity) 54
Model 3 (The Cross-Lagged Effects of the Reciprocity) 55
Model 3A (The Contemporaneous Effects of the Reciprocity) 55
Model 4 (The Cross-Lagged Effects of the Contemporaneous
Reciprocity) 56
Model 4A (The Contemporaneous Effects of the Contemporaneous
Reciprocity) 57
CHAPTER 4. RESULTS 59
Correlational Analyses 59
Stnjctural Equation Modeling Analyses 67
The Mother's Model 68
The Measurement Model (The Null Model) 68
The Structural Model 70
Comparison of Hierarchically/Alternatively Related Models 81
Decomposition of Total, Direct, and Indirect Effects 82
The Father's Model 84
The Measurement Model (The Null Model) 84
The Structural Model 86
Comparison of Hierarchically/Altematively Related Models 92
Decomposition of Total, Direct, and indirect Effects 92
Comparison Between the Mother's and the Father's Model 94
The Effects of Sex and Cohort 95
CHAPTER 5. DISCUSSION 104
REFERENCES CITED 117
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LIST OF FIGURES
1 The Hypothesized Conceptual i\/Iodei 5
2 The Measurement Model for the Mother's Model 69
3 The Stability Model for the Mother's Model 71
4 The Cross-Lagged Reciprocity Between Harsh Parenting and
Aggressive Behavior in the Mother's Model 72
5, The Cross-Lagged Structural Relationships Among All Latent
Constructs in the Mother's Model 74
6. The Contemporaneous Effects of the Cross-Lagged Reciprocity
in the Mother's Model 76
7. The Cross-Lagged Effects of the Contemporaneous Reciprocity
in the Mother's Model 78
8. The Cross-Sectional Structural Relationships Among All Latent
Constructs in the Mother's Model 80
9. The Measurement Model for the Father's Model 85
10. The Stability Model for the Father's Model 87
11. The Cross-Lagged Reciprocity Between Harsh Parenting and
Aggressive Behavior in the Father's Model 88
12. The Cross-Lagged Structural Relationships Among All Latent
Constructs in the Father's Model 90
13. The Contemporaneous Effects of the Cross-Lagged Reciprocity
in the Father's Model 91
14. Maximum Likelihood Estimation of the Best-Fitting Model for
Boys Only in the Mother's Model 100
15. Maximum Likelihood Estimation of the Best-Fitting Model for
Boys Only in the Father's Model 101
16. Maximum Likelihood Estimation of the Best-Fitting Model for
Girls Only in the Mother's Model 102
17. Maximum Likelihood Estimation of the Best-Fitting Model for
Girls Only in the Father's Model 103