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Parental aggression as a predictor of boys' hostile attribution across the transition to middle school.

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Yaros, A; Lochman, JE; Wells, KC
Published in: Int J Behav Dev
September 2016

Aggression among youth is public health problem that is often studied in the context of how youth interpret social information. Social cognitive factors, especially hostile attribution biases, have been identified as risk factors for the development of youth aggression, particularly across the transition to middle school. Parental behaviors, including parental aggression to children in the form of corporal punishment and other aggressive behavior, have also been linked to aggressive behavior in children at these ages. Despite the important role played by these two risk factors, the connection between the two has not been fully studied in the literature. This study examined the link between parental aggression and children' hostile attributions longitudinally among a diverse sample of 123 boys as they entered middle school. Results support acceptance of a model in which parental aggression to children prior to entering middle school predicted children's hostile attributions after the transition to middle school above and beyond that which was predicted by previous levels of hostile attributions. As expected, hostile attributions also predicted change in parent- and teacher-rated child aggression. These findings provides important evidence of the role that parental behavior plays in youth social cognition at this critical age, which has implications for understanding the development of aggressive behavior.

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Int J Behav Dev

DOI

ISSN

0165-0254

Publication Date

September 2016

Volume

40

Issue

5

Start / End Page

452 / 458

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Developmental & Child Psychology
  • 5205 Social and personality psychology
  • 5203 Clinical and health psychology
  • 5201 Applied and developmental psychology
  • 1702 Cognitive Sciences
  • 1701 Psychology
 

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Yaros, A., Lochman, J. E., & Wells, K. C. (2016). Parental aggression as a predictor of boys' hostile attribution across the transition to middle school. Int J Behav Dev, 40(5), 452–458. https://doi.org/10.1177/0165025415607085
Yaros, Anna, John E. Lochman, and Karen C. Wells. “Parental aggression as a predictor of boys' hostile attribution across the transition to middle school.Int J Behav Dev 40, no. 5 (September 2016): 452–58. https://doi.org/10.1177/0165025415607085.
Yaros A, Lochman JE, Wells KC. Parental aggression as a predictor of boys' hostile attribution across the transition to middle school. Int J Behav Dev. 2016 Sep;40(5):452–8.
Yaros, Anna, et al. “Parental aggression as a predictor of boys' hostile attribution across the transition to middle school.Int J Behav Dev, vol. 40, no. 5, Sept. 2016, pp. 452–58. Pubmed, doi:10.1177/0165025415607085.
Yaros A, Lochman JE, Wells KC. Parental aggression as a predictor of boys' hostile attribution across the transition to middle school. Int J Behav Dev. 2016 Sep;40(5):452–458.
Journal cover image

Published In

Int J Behav Dev

DOI

ISSN

0165-0254

Publication Date

September 2016

Volume

40

Issue

5

Start / End Page

452 / 458

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Developmental & Child Psychology
  • 5205 Social and personality psychology
  • 5203 Clinical and health psychology
  • 5201 Applied and developmental psychology
  • 1702 Cognitive Sciences
  • 1701 Psychology