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01-05-2009 | Original Article

Concurrent and Across-Time Relations between Mother/Father Hostility and Children’s Aggression: A Longitudinal Study

Authors: M. A. Carrasco, F. P. Holgado, M. A. Rodríguez, M. V. del Barrio

Published in: Journal of Family Violence | Issue 4/2009

Abstract

This study examined the concurrent and across-time relations between father/mother hostility and child aggression in a sample of 523 (58.7% girls) primary and secondary school children. Data were collected over a period of 3 years, in which the children’s mean age was 11.1, 12.17, and 13.19 years old, respectively. Correlational analyses and cross-sectional and longitudinal structural equation models showed significant relations between parental hostility (both father and mother) and child aggression. These relations, which mainly concerned mothers, predicted future child aggression 1 and 2 years later. Child aggression and parental hostility also elicited each other, thus providing evidence for family socialization as an interactive process.

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Title: Concurrent and Across-Time Relations between Mother/Father Hostility and Children’s Aggression: A Longitudinal Study
Authors: M. A. Carrasco
F. P. Holgado
M. A. Rodríguez
M. V. del Barrio
Publication date: 01-05-2009
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of Family Violence / Issue 4/2009
Print ISSN: 0885-7482
Electronic ISSN: 1573-2851
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-009-9222-y

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