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Faculty of Phylosophy, PIM University , Banja Luka , Bosnia and Herzegovina
JZU Special hospital for psychiatry Sokolac , Sokolac , Bosnia and Herzegovina
The aim of the research was to examine the relationship between the parenting styles of parents and the appearance of aggression in adolescents in the final grades of secondary schools. The sample consisted of 204 respondents, of whom 107 were male and 97 female, with an average age of 17 years. Among the instruments, we used a structured questionnaire for sociodemographic data and family characteristics (constructed for the purposes of this research), the BPAG aggression scale and the VS-scale for the assessment of parenting styles. It was found that there is a statistically significant difference between subjects of different genders in the intensity and structure of aggressiveness. Boys in the sample show a significantly higher level of overall aggressiveness compared to girls (p=.01). Boys resort to physical and verbal aggressiveness significantly more often than girls (p=.00; p=.03). On the subscales of anger and hostility, no statistically significant differences were found in relation to gender.Research has shown that the level of aggressiveness also depends on the parenting style of both mother and father. Subjects with mothers who had cold parenting styles (cold-restrictive and cold-permissive) and fathers with a cold-restrictive parenting style significantly more often showed a higher level of aggression (p<.001) compared to subjects whose parents had warm parenting styles .
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