Predicting Aggression based on Family Functioning, Quality of Mother-Child Interaction and Academic Stress in Adolescents of Ahvaz City

Abstract

Introduction and Aim: Considering the importance of examining aggression in adolescents and the role of family and educational variables in it, the aim of this study was predicting aggression based on family functioning, quality of mother-child interaction, and academic stress in adolescents.

Methodology: The present research was a descriptive from type of correlation. The research population was all female adolescents of Ahvaz city in the 2022-3 academic years, which number of 252 people of them were selected as samples using multisatage cluster random sampling method. The research instruments included the Aggression Questionnaire (Buss and Perry, 1992), the McMaster Family Assessment Device (Epstein et al., 1983), the Child-Parent Relationship Scale (Pianta, 1994), and the Educational Stress Scale (Sun et al., 2011). The data of this study were analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficients and multiple regression with stepwise model in SPSS-27 software.

Findings: The findings of the present study indicated that family functioning and quality of mother-child interaction had a negative and significant relationship with aggression in adolescents, and academic stress had a positive and significant relationship with aggression in them (P<0.001). Also, family functioning, quality of mother-child interaction, and academic stress were able to significantly predict 49 percent of the changes of aggression in adolescents, and in this prediction, the quality of mother-child interaction, family functioning, and academic stress had a greater contribution, respectively (P<0.001).

Conclusion: According to the results of this research, to reduce adolescent aggression can be designed and implemented programs in the form of educational workshops to improve the quality of mother-child interaction and family functioning, and reduce their academic stress.