title: Some relationships among affection, aggression and alcohol abuse in the family setting.
abstract: Three questionnaire studies involving 101, 270, and 144 college students examined the relationship between affectionate behaviors and aggressive behaviors in the family environment as rated by the college students. Measures of affection and aggression were significantly negatively associated in nearly all analyses. Participants' ratings of parental alcohol abuse were positively associated with measures of parental aggression and negatively correlated with measures of parental affection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond 40475, USA.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Shuntich
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Loh
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Katz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology*; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D004644:Emotions; D005192:Family Health; D005195:Family Relations; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008149:Love; D008297:Male; D009679:Nuclear Family / Q000523:psychology; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D018454:Spouses / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires