Link Between Parental Control And Relational And Overt...

Link between Parental Control and Relational and Overt Aggression Samantha J. Bourque McNeese State University Link between Parental Control and Relational and Overt Aggression According to the NCES in 2005 14% of students in a high school had been reported having physical fights on school property for that year is what Larson (2010) stated after reviewing information. Aggression and its causes can result in physical violence as well as emotional violence. Interpersonal relationships can be at risk if aggression is allowed to grow. Aggression at any age can cause such issues and more, but emerging adults and adults are held most accountable for controlling one’s own aggression. Emerging adults’ level of aggression can often be†¦show more content†¦The results of the study were that it was possible to predict aggression based on media exposure and that it significantly increased aggression. The study suggests that the more educational media exposure there is to children the more aggression is shown. Where aggression is aimed and the cause behind it, are important questions to answer. A study was done on the associations of aggression toward easy or difficult targets and popularity’s role in it (Peets Hodges, 2014). 239 participants all in the sixth grade from 11 separate classrooms were asked to fill out questionnaires during school and given a small gift for participating. The questionnaires used nominating for the topics of popularity and social preference, and it asked them to rate each of the other students’ amount of aggression toward peers. They were then asked to nominate students for nonspecific target aggression. The study showed that aggression toward highly liked and disliked targets were only modestly related, but adolescents who targeted highly liked peers were seen as more popular and those who were aggressive toward disliked peers were less liked. This study suggests that the more popular the person is that an adolescent shows aggression toward the more well-liked the person showing aggression is. Relational aggression’s importance can be shown in a study done by McQuade, Achufusi, Shoulberg, and Murray†Close (2014) that discusses the role of peer status and popularity