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Parental Aggression-Related Beliefs and Behaviors as Predictors of their Children's Aggressive-Related Beliefs and Behaviors

Sedlar, Aaron Edward
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1445509134

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2015, Master of Arts (MA), Bowling Green State University, Psychology/Clinical.
Youth aggression is a serious problem not only in terms of its immediate effects, but in its future consequences as well. In addition, whether children are aggressive or not, their proneness to aggressive behavior remains relatively stable throughout the lifespan (Huesmann, Dubow, & Boxer, 2009). For decades, researchers have been interested in how aggressive behavior is developed and maintained. The predominant theory in the field of developmental psychology is the social cognitive model. This thesis focuses on parental influences on childhood aggression. The data for this study come from a project on the development of aggression within and across generations (Columbia County Longitudinal Study; Dubow, Boxer, & Huesmann, 2009; Eron, Walder, & Lefkowitz, 1971; Lefkowitz, Eron, Walder, & Huesmann, 1977; Huesmann, Dubow, & Boxer, 2009). I examine the links among parental aggression, parents’ and children’s social cognitions, and children’s own aggression. The degree to which parent variables (parent aggression, parent social cognitions, inter-parental aggression, and parental punishment) predict child aggressive behavior as mediated by child social cognitions supporting aggression (a composite of hostile attribution bias, normative beliefs about aggression, aggressive fantasy, and social problem solving) are investigated. Results support a mediational model in which parental aggressive punishment predicts their children developing more aggressive social cognitions, which in turn predicts children having higher aggression. Results suggest that parental punishment—specifically verbal punishment—plays a significant role in increasing childhood aggression.
Eric Dubow, Ph.D. (Advisor)
Marie Tisak, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Carolyn Tompsett, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
62 p.
Clinical Psychology; Developmental Psychology; Psychology
Social cognitive theory; aggression; childhood; parenting; punishment; social cognition; hostile attribution bias; normative beliefs; aggressive; aggressive behavior; aggressive scripts

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  • Sedlar, A. E. (2015). Parental Aggression-Related Beliefs and Behaviors as Predictors of their Children's Aggressive-Related Beliefs and Behaviors [Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1445509134

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Sedlar, Aaron. Parental Aggression-Related Beliefs and Behaviors as Predictors of their Children's Aggressive-Related Beliefs and Behaviors. 2015. Bowling Green State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1445509134.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Sedlar, Aaron. "Parental Aggression-Related Beliefs and Behaviors as Predictors of their Children's Aggressive-Related Beliefs and Behaviors." Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1445509134

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