temperament, emotion regulation, and affective family climate in predicting oppositional behaviors in male adolescents

Aim: background: oppositional defiant disorder (odd) is a condition in which children display a pattern of uncooperative, defiant, and angry behavior toward people in authority. objectives: the present study aimed to determine the predictors of odd among male teenagers in the city of urmia, iran. methods: for this descriptive-analytical study, 384 male students between the ages of 13-16 were selected through cluster sampling. the instruments used comprised hill burns’ (1964) affective family climate, garnefski’s emotion self-regulation (2006), cloninger’s (1994) temperament and character inventory, and achenbach’s (1991) youth self-report questionnaires. data were analyzed in spss v.19 using descriptive statistics, pearson’s comparison, and regression at a significance level of p≤0.05 results: the results showed a direct and significant correlation between emotion regulation and symptoms of odd (0.19, p<0.01). a direct and significant relationship was also found between temperament and odd symptoms (-0.20, p<0.01). pearson’s correlation analyses revealed a meaningful relation between the family’s emotional atmosphere and symptoms of odd (-0.53, p<0.01). furthermore, multiple linear regression models indicated that 39.9% of the variance of odd is predicted by emotion regulation, family emotional atmosphere, and temperament. conclusion: based on the results of this study, it seems likely that odd is influenced by emotion regulation, temperament, and affective family climate; to prevent the formation of this disorder, it is recommended that these three variables be addressed.

temperament, emotion regulation, and affective family climate in predicting oppositional behaviors in male adolescents

aim: background: oppositional defiant disorder (odd) is a condition in which children display a pattern of uncooperative, defiant, and angry behavior toward people in authority. objectives: the present study aimed to determine the predictors of odd among male teenagers in the city of urmia, iran. methods: for this descriptive-analytical study, 384 male students between the ages of 13-16 were selected through cluster sampling. the instruments used comprised hill burns’ (1964) affective family climate, garnefski’s emotion self-regulation (2006), cloninger’s (1994) temperament and character inventory, and achenbach’s (1991) youth self-report questionnaires. data were analyzed in spss v.19 using descriptive statistics, pearson’s comparison, and regression at a significance level of p≤0.05 results: the results showed a direct and significant correlation between emotion regulation and symptoms of odd (0.19, p<0.01). a direct and significant relationship was also found between temperament and odd symptoms (-0.20, p<0.01). pearson’s correlation analyses revealed a meaningful relation between the family’s emotional atmosphere and symptoms of odd (-0.53, p<0.01). furthermore, multiple linear regression models indicated that 39.9% of the variance of odd is predicted by emotion regulation, family emotional atmosphere, and temperament. conclusion: based on the results of this study, it seems likely that odd is influenced by emotion regulation, temperament, and affective family climate; to prevent the formation of this disorder, it is recommended that these three variables be addressed.