Parenting and children’s aggression: Are there differences in the infl uence of the father and the mother? Child rearing provides messages and rules that mediate the children’s personality. These messages have a positive or negative infl uence on their behaviour. The objective of this empirical study was to analyse the relationship between physical and verbal aggression of sons and daughters and parenting style practiced by the father and the mother. The sample consisted of 2,788 students, aged 10 to 15 years, studying either the third cycle of Primary Education (44%) or the fi rst cycle of Secondary Education (56%). Of them, 1,412 were boys (50,6%) and 1,375 were girls (49,3%). The results show that children’s aggressiveness is more related to factors associated with the mother’s parenting. In the case of daughters, the infl uence of parenting factors are caused by both parents (fathe... [Leer más...]