The latent profiles of aggressive behavior in inmates and its relation with parental rearing styles and behavioral inhibition/activation

Numerous studies have indicated that aggressive behavior is influenced by both environmental factors and individual factors. Parental rearing styles, as an environmental factor, and behavioral inhibition/activation, as individual factors, play crucial roles in shaping aggressive behavior. To investigate the aggressive behavior of inmates and its relationship with parental rearing styles and behavioral inhibition/activation, 414 inmates were assessed using the Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire (BPAQ), the Parental Rearing Styles Questionnaire (EMBU), and the Behavioral Inhibition/Activation System Scale (BIS/BAS). The aggressiveness of the inmates was divided into a low-aggressiveness group (29.47%), a mild-aggressiveness group (34.06%), a medium-aggressiveness group (29.47%) and a high-aggressiveness group (7.00%). The results showed that the variable of mother’s intervention and overprotection was related to the mild-aggressiveness group and medium- aggressiveness group; that the lower the emotional warmth score was, the more likely the individual was to be classified into the medium- aggressiveness group; that the variables of father’s denial or rejection and mother’s strict punishment were related to the high-aggressiveness group; and that behavioral inhibition was related to only the medium-aggressiveness group and the high-aggressiveness group.