TY - JOUR T1 - Exposure to violence across the social ecosystem and the development of aggression: a test of ecological theory in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. JF - Child Dev Y1 - 2013 A1 - Boxer, Paul A1 - Rowell Huesmann, L A1 - Dubow, Eric F A1 - Landau, Simha F A1 - Gvirsman, Shira Dvir A1 - Shikaki, Khalil A1 - Ginges, Jeremy KW - Adolescent KW - Aggression KW - Arabs KW - Child KW - Conflict (Psychology) KW - Female KW - Humans KW - Jews KW - Longitudinal Studies KW - Male KW - Middle East KW - Social Environment KW - Socioeconomic Factors KW - Violence AB -

Bronfenbrenner's (1979) ecological model proposes that events in higher order social ecosystems should influence human development through their impact on events in lower order social ecosystems. This proposition was tested with respect to ecological violence and the development of children's aggression via analyses of 3 waves of data (1 wave yearly for 3 years) from 3 age cohorts (starting ages: 8, 11, and 14) representing three populations in the Middle East: Palestinians (N = 600), Israeli Jews (N = 451), and Israeli Arabs (N = 450). Results supported a hypothesized model in which ethnopolitical violence increases community, family, and school violence and children's aggression. Findings are discussed with respect to ecological and observational learning perspectives on the development of aggressive behavior.

VL - 84 IS - 1 ER -