Violence in the marital dyad as a predictor of violence in the peer relationships of older adolescents/young adults.
This study used self-report of older adolescent/young adult children from a general college population to examine if violent parental conflict tactics predict the use of similarly violent tactics in the same-sex and opposite-sex peer relationships of offspring. Conflict Tactics Scale date from 256 subjects indicate that parental violence within the marital dyad is predictive of violence in both same-sex and opposite-sex peer relationships. Surprisingly high frequencies of violence were reported within parents' marriages and by subjects in their current peer relationships. Implications of these findings are discussed.
Cantrell
P J
PJ
East Tennessee State University, USA.
MacIntyre
D I
DI
Sharkey
K J
KJ
Thompson
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V
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D016241:Child of Impaired Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D010379:Peer Group; D010553:Personality Development; D010555:Personality Inventory; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000523:psychology*; D014754:Violence / Q000523:psychology*