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However, little is known about whether the association between parental reflexivity and psychologically harmful parenting differs between fathers and mothers in Central Asia. This study examined parental reflexivity, measured using A. V. Karpov\u2019s Reflexivity Scale as an operational proxy for PRF, and its association with latent psychological violence among urban parents in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      A cross-sectional multi-city study was conducted in Almaty, Shymkent, Turkestan, and Bishkek. The analytical sample (\n                      <jats:italic>N<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u202f=\u202f400), drawn from a larger dataset (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u202f=\u202f500), included 158 fathers and 242 mothers. Measures included reflexivity, aggression, empathy, latent psychological violence (ILV), uyat intensity, and family-of-origin violence. Analyses comprised parent-group-specific regressions, bootstrap coefficient comparisons, hierarchical moderation models with a PRF\u202f\u00d7\u202fparent-group interaction, and robustness analyses using recruitment-site fixed effects, robust standard errors, the full sample, parent-group weighting, and additional family-context covariates.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Reflexivity was strongly inversely associated with latent psychological violence in both parent groups. The PRF\u2013ILV slope was descriptively steeper among fathers than mothers (\n                      <jats:italic>b<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u202f=\u202f\u22120.900,\n                      <jats:italic>R<\/jats:italic>\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      \u202f=\u202f0.485 vs.\n                      <jats:italic>b<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u202f=\u202f\u22120.779,\n                      <jats:italic>R<\/jats:italic>\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      \u202f=\u202f0.417), but the difference was not statistically significant (\n                      <jats:italic>z<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u202f=\u202f\u22121.27,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u202f=\u202f0.204; 95% bootstrap CI [\u22120.320, 0.067]). The PRF\u202f\u00d7\u202fparent-group interaction was also nonsignificant (\u0394\n                      <jats:italic>R<\/jats:italic>\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      \u202f=\u202f0.002,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u202f=\u202f0.201). Among highly reflective parents with family-of-origin violence, none of five fathers met the exploratory high-ILV threshold (ILV\u202f\u2265\u202f70), compared with 1 of 7 mothers; this difference was nonsignificant (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u202f=\u202f1.000). Family-of-origin violence was associated with lower reflexivity among both fathers (\n                      <jats:italic>d<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u202f=\u202f0.64) and mothers (\n                      <jats:italic>d<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u202f=\u202f0.74).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Parental reflexivity showed a robust inverse association with latent psychological violence, but formal analyses provided no evidence that this association differed between fathers and mothers. The descriptively steeper father association should therefore be regarded as hypothesis-generating rather than as evidence of a father-specific effect. These findings support further longitudinal and intervention research in urban Central Asian populations.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fpsyg.2026.1935605","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,30]],"date-time":"2026-09-30T04:48:56Z","timestamp":1790743736000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Parental reflexivity and latent psychological violence among urban parents in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan: an exploratory study"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"17","author":[{"given":"Maigul","family":"Bagibayeva","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Psychology, Kazakh National Women\u2019s Teacher Training University","place":["Almaty, Kazakhstan"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mariyam","family":"Bapayeva","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Psychology, Kazakh National Women\u2019s Teacher Training University","place":["Almaty, Kazakhstan"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Farida","family":"Kuantkanova","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Psychology, Kazakh National Women\u2019s Teacher Training University","place":["Almaty, Kazakhstan"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Marhabbat","family":"Nurov","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Higher School of International Relations and Diplomacy, Turan University","place":["Almaty, Kazakhstan"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,30]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"5","DOI":"10.1037\/0003-066X.58.1.5","article-title":"Men, masculinity, and the contexts of help seeking","volume":"58","author":"Addis","year":"2003","journal-title":"Am. 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