Citation

Viemerˆ V. Aggressive Behav. 1996; 22(2): 87-97.

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(Copyright © 1996, International Society for Research on Aggression, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

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Abstract

A follow-up study was conducted on the aggressive and delinquent behavior of an original sample of 220 pupils of two age groups. The subjects were 7 and 9 years old in 1978 when they were interviewed for the first time. The present paper focuses on predictors of the subjects' aggressive and criminal behavior in adolescence and in young adulthood. Four different groups of variables were chosen as possible predictive factors: 1) parental aggression, punitivity, and attitudes of rejection toward the child, 2) previous acts of aggression by the subjects, 3) the viewing of violence on television during childhood, and 4) aggressive, indifferent, and delinquent behavior in adolescence. Physical aggression in adolescence and the number of arrests and traffic violations in young adulthood were used as dependent variables. The analyses established that for the male subjects, the best predictor of physical aggression in adolescence was previous aggression, whereas for the female subjects the best predictor of physical aggression in adolescence was previous viewing of violence on television. The number of arrests in young adulthood was best predicted for the male subjects on the basis of previous aggression and viewing of violence on television. The best predictors of the number of arrests in young adulthood for the female subjects were, apart from previous aggression and viewing of violence on television, also aggressive and delinquent behavior in adolescence as well as parental aggression, punitivity, and attitudes of rejection. The results emphasize the importance of the atmosphere of socialization in childhood and previous aggressive behavior as significant predictors of physical aggression in adolescence and criminal behavior in young adulthood. (Abstract Adapted from Source: Aggressive Behavior, 1996. Copyright © 1996 by Wiley-Liss, Inc.)

Follow-Up Studies
Criminal Behavior
Child Aggression
Child Offender
Juvenile Aggression
Juvenile Delinquency
Juvenile Offender
Predictors
Behavior Causes
Delinquency Causes
Aggression Causes
Life Course
Family Relations
Parent Child Relations
Media Factors
Media Violence Effects
Television Viewing
Television Violence
Adult Crime
Adult Offender
Middle Childhood
Late Childhood
1970s
1980s
1990s
Early Adolescence
Late Adolescence
Young Adult
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