Psychological Development and Education ›› 2020, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (6): 715-724.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2020.06.10

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Effects of Parental Psychological Control on Elementary Students' Bullying Behavior: The Roles of Hostile Attribution Bias and Callous-unemotional Traits

ZHANG Jie1,2, CHEN Liang1,2, ZHANG Liang1,2, PAN Bin1,2, LI Tengfei1,2, JI Linqin1,2, ZHANG Wenxin1,2   

  1. 1. School of Psychology, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014;
    2. Child and Adolescent Development Research Institute, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014
  • Published:2020-11-20

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Abstract: Previous studies have revealed that parental psychological control may be a significant risk factor of bullying behavior among children and adolescents, but less has been known about the underlying mechanism. Based on the person-relational integrative framework, the present study aimed to explore the mediating roles of hostile attribution bias and callous-unemotional traits in the effects of parental psychological control on pupils' bullying behavior. The study was conducted on 1,847 elementary school pupils (Mage=10.73, SDage=1.16; 987 boys) and their parents, who were selected by cluster random sampling method. The results showed that parental psychological control significantly and positively predicted children's bullying behavior. Callous-unemotional traits mediated the relation between parental psychological control and pupils' bullying behavior, but the mediating effect of hostile attribution bias was not significant. No gender and grade difference were found in the mediation effect. The findings suggested that callous-unemotional traits, rather than hostile attribution bias, constitute an important mechanism through which parental psychological control leads to elementary school children's bullying perpetration. These findings have important implications for bullying research and preventions.

Key words: parental psychological control, bullying behavior, hostile attribution bias, callous-unemotional traits

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  • B844
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