Intergenerational transmission of relationship aggression: a prospective longitudinal study

TitleIntergenerational transmission of relationship aggression: a prospective longitudinal study
Publication TypeJournal Article
AuthorsCui, M., J. A. Durtschi, M. B. Donnellan, F. O. Lorenz, and R. D. Conger
The present study examined whether physical and verbal aggression in the family of origin were associated with similar patterns of aggression in young adult couples. Hypotheses were tested using a sample of 213 focal individuals who were followed from adolescence to adulthood. Results suggested that aggression in the family when focal participants were adolescents predicted aggression with romantic partners when participants were adults. The association between interparental aggression and later aggression in adult romantic unions was partially mediated through parents' aggression to focal participants when they were adolescents. Both physical and verbal aggression revealed the same pattern of findings. All together, these findings are consistent with a developmental-interactional perspective (Capaldi & Gorman-Smith, 2003) concerning the developmental origins of aggression in intimate relationships.
Title Intergenerational transmission of relationship aggression: a prospective longitudinal study
Publication Title J Fam Psychol
Publication Type Journal Article
Published Year 2010
Authors M. Cui; J.A. Durtschi; M.B. Donnellan; F.O. Lorenz; R.D. Conger
Edition 2010/12/22
Accession Number 21171767
Number 6
ISBN Number 0893-3200
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