The relationship between internal and external locus of control of parents with aggression in children in punitive and non-punitive families in Mashhad

Abstract

This study examined the relationship between internal and external locus of control of parents with aggression in children in punitive and non-punitive families. The method of this study was descriptive and correlational type. The statistic population in this study included parents of children, male and female (age group 12 to 15 years) living in the city of Mashhad that were 24000 families. The 340 families of statistic population were selected as sample by random sampling and using Cochran formula. Research samples were assessed by using questionnaires Rutter locus of control and aggression. The results of the analysis showed that there is relationship between internal locus of control of parents and children aggression in punitive  families, and there is relationship between external locus of control of parents and
children aggression in punitive families, there is not a relationship between internal locus of control of parents and children aggression in non-punitive families, there is relationship between external locus of control of parents and children aggression in non-punitive families, there is relationship between internal locus of control of  parents and children aggression in punitive and non-punitive families, there is relationship between external locus of control of parents and children aggression in punitive and non-punitive families, there is a significant difference in aggression between punitive family and non-punitive family, there is a significant difference in external locus of control between punitive family and non-punitive family, and there is a significant difference in internal locus of control between punitive family and non-punitive family.

Keywords: Internal locus of control; external locus of control and aggression.