Personality and job stress: a comparison of direct effects on parenting

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Blanch Plana, Angel;
Aluja Fabregat, Antón;
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(2011)
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Personality and job stress: a comparison of direct effects on parenting.
The Spanish Journal of Psychology, 2011, vol. 14, núm. 2, p. 667-674.
https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_SJOP.2011.v14.n2.15.
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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.