Does Parenting Perfectionism Ironically Increase Violent Behaviors from Parent towards Children?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Past research has shown that perfectionistic strivings (PS) and perfectionistic concerns (PC) in the parenting domain are associated with an increase in parental burnout (PB), and that PB causally increases violence towards one's offspring. One may therefore wonder whether parenting perfectionism may ironically increase violence towards one's offspring.

Objective

To the best of our knowledge, no study has ever investigated whether perfectionism (PS and PC) predicts violence towards one's offspring, or whether PB could explain this link. In the current pre-registered cross-lagged study, we hypothesized that an increase in PS and PC would lead to an increase in violence via an increase in PB.

Method

228 participants responded to a longitudinal online survey,

SUBMITTER: Schittek A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10605908 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature