Family interaction as antecedent to the direction of male aggressiveness.

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In a longitudinal study of antisocial aggressiveness in males, reports on direct observation of behavior in childhood and early adolescence were used to rate general level of aggressiveness. Criminal records were used to ascertain antisocial behavior during adolescence and adulthood. To distinguish between conditions which contribute to socialized aggressiveness and those which direct aggression into antisocial channels, the family backgrounds of men who had been equally aggressive in childhood were compared. The results suggest that extreme neglect and punitiveness, coupled with a deviant-aggressive paternal model produces antisocial aggressiveness. In contrast (thought not contradiction), moderate neglect, moderate punitiveness, and ineffective controls produce socialized aggressiveness. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

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