The concept of aggression can be expressed as the situation in which an individual feels anger towards a person or object and, as a result, takes a negative verbal or physical action. In their study, Aydın and Akgün (2014) examined and utilized social theories such as social information processing theory, social learning theory and aggression-inhibition theory to define aggression. Social information processing theory, one of the theories that research and examine aggression, considers aggression as two subdivisions: proactive and reactive. Social learning theory considers aggression as a behavior learned as a result of imitation and reinforcement. In their study, Kındap Tepe and Sayıl (2012) discussed aggression as relational aggression. They stated that relational aggression is purposeful behavior that directly or indirectly harms a person by disrupting or manipulating his/her friendship relationships. Adolescence is a period when a person has feelings of autonomy, tries to know himself, and tries to understand the connection and relationship between himself and his social environment. During this period, the adolescent's relationships with people in his social environment, especially close peers, have a great impact on his behavior.
When the relationships between parental control and relational aggression are examined, it is seen that the parent's psychological control can lead to the adolescent's relational aggression; It seems that parental behavioral control may be protective in terms of relational aggression. Psychological control can be defined as the parent's behavior that intervenes in the child's emotions, thoughts and attachment to the parent and shapes them according to his/her own wishes. Behavioral control is the parent's communication with the child about the behaviors he finds appropriate or not, taking into account his thoughts, and displaying discipline and consistent behavior accordingly. The psychological control exerted by the parent creates a risk for internalizing and externalizing behavior problem behaviors. Psychological control makes adolescents more aggressive or, conversely, withdrawn, while behavioral control creates a positive parent-adolescent relationship. creates a relationship. When we look at the relationship between psychological control and relational aggression, parents' attitudes such as controlling, manipulating, intervening and behaviors that can be perceived as insults can cause anger and aggression in the adolescent, or they can take these behaviors as a model and apply them to their friends. In the study conducted by Kındap Tepe and Sayıl (2012), there appears to be a difference between whether psychological and behavioral control is exercised by the mother or the father, and the adolescent's behavior and attitudes depending on his gender. Perceived psychological control from the mother has a positive effect on the relational aggression of girls and boys; Behavioral control, on the other hand, only negatively affected girls' relational aggression; The psychological control exerted by the father only positively affects men's relational aggression; Perceived behavioral control from the father was found to negatively predict relational aggression in both girls and boys. Relational aggression positively affects the loneliness level only in men; It was found that it negatively predicted positive friend quality. In the study, it was observed that the relational aggression level of boys was higher than girls (Kındap Tepe and Sayıl, 2012).
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