Citation

Blanch A, Aluja A. Span. J. Psychol. 2011; 14(2): 667-674.

Affiliation

Departamento de Pedagogía y Psicología, Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación, Universitat de Lleida, Avda de l'Estudi General, 4. 25001 Lleida, Spain. ablanch@pip.udl.cat

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, Complutense University of Madrid, Publisher Cambridge University Press)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

22059313

Abstract

The impact of personality and job characteristics on parental rearing styles was compared in 353 employees. Hypotheses concerning the relationships between personality and job variables were formulated in accordance with findings in past research and the Belsky's model (1984). Structural equation nested models showed that Aggression-hostility, Sociability and job Demand were predictive of Rejection and Emotional Warmth parenting styles, providing support for some of the hypothesized relationships. The findings suggest a well-balanced association of personality variables with both parenting styles: Aggression-Hostility was positively related to Rejection and negatively to Emotional Warmth, whereas Sociability was positively related to Emotional Warmth and negatively related to Rejection. Personality dimensions explained a higher amount of variance in observed parenting styles. However, a model that considered both, personality and job dimensions as antecedent variables of parenting was the best representation of observed data, as both systems play a role in the prediction of parenting behavior.

Language: en