Harsh discipline and readiness for interpersonal aggression in Poland and the USA: the mediating role of sensitivity to provocations and frustrations

• Authors: Monika Dominiak-Kochanek , Karolina Konopka , Mary Bower-Russa , Adam Frączek
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This study examined the effect of history of harsh parenting on readiness for aggression in young adults testing the mediating effect of emotional reaction to frustration and provocation that is assumed to arise in the context of a history of physical punishment and psychological aggression. Data were collected from 402 participants including 187 Poles (Mage = 9.5; SD = 1.2) and 215 Americans (Mage = 19.16, SD = 1.15). Participants reported retrospectively on corporal punishment and psychological aggression experienced during childhood. Based on self-report instruments, sensitivity to provocation and frustration and three patterns of readiness for aggression in adulthood were assessed. Contrary to the US sample, sensitivity to provocation and frustration were mediators in the Polish sample alone. The important role of contextual factors that define harsh parenting circumstances, such as cultural context and sex of the parent, are discussed.

Keywords

EN

readiness for aggression; harsh discipline; corporal punishment; psychological aggression; sensitivity to provocation and frustration

• Publisher: Committee for Psychological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Polish Psychological Bulletin
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 46
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 543-554

Dates

published

2015-12-01

online

2015-11-26

Contributors

author

Monika Dominiak-Kochanek

• Institute of Applied Psychology, The Maria Grzegorzewska University, ul. Szczęśliwicka 40, 02-353, Warsaw, Poland

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Karolina Konopka

• Institute of Applied Psychology, The Maria Grzegorzewska University, ul. Szczęśliwicka 40, 02-353, Warsaw, Poland

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Mary Bower-Russa

• Department of Psychology, Grand Valley State University, One Campus Drive, 2224 ASH, Allendale, Michigan 49401

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Adam Frączek

• Institute of Applied Psychology, The Maria Grzegorzewska University, ul. Szczęśliwicka 40, 02-353, Warsaw, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/ppb-2015-0061