2.5. Data analysis plan
To examine whether fathers reported more challenging parenting
behaviour than mothers (hypothesis 1), a paired-samples ttest
was conducted. The relationship between parental anxiety
and challenging parenting behaviour (hypothesis 2) was examined
through hierarchical multiple regression analyses (MRA), whilst
controlling for potential covariates (e.g. parental age). The hypothesis
(3), that parents would report higher levels of challenging
parenting behaviour for their male children compared to their
female children, was examined via independent samples t-test.