Angry and aggressive behavior across three generations: a prospective, longitudinal study of parents and children

TitleAngry and aggressive behavior across three generations: a prospective, longitudinal study of parents and children
Publication TypeJournal Article
AuthorsConger, R. D., T. Neppl, K. J. Kim, and L. Scaramella
This investigation examined intergenerational continuities in both angry, aggressive parenting and also the angry, aggressive behavior of children and adolescents. Data from 75 G2 youth (26 men, 49 women, M = 22-years old), their mothers (G1), and their G3 children (47 boys, 28 girls, M = 2.4-years old) were included in the analyses. The prospective, longitudinal design of the study, which included observational and multiinformant measures, overcame many of the methodological limitations found in much of the earlier research on intergenerational transmission. The results demonstrated a direct connection between observed G1 aggressive parenting and observed G2 aggressive parenting from 5 to 7 years later. G2 aggressive behavior as an adolescent and G3 aggressive behavior as a child were related to parenting behavior but not directly to one another. The results were consistent with a social learning perspective on intergenerational continuities in angry and aggressive behaviors.
Title Angry and aggressive behavior across three generations: a prospective, longitudinal study of parents and children
Publication Title J Abnorm Child Psychol
Publication Type Journal Article
Published Year 2003
Authors R.D. Conger; T. Neppl; K.J. Kim; L. Scaramella
Edition 2003/05/09
Accession Number 12735397
Number 2
ISBN Number 0091-0627 (Print)<br/>0091-0627
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