Aggression toward female partners by at-risk young men: the contribution of male adolescent friendships.
Deviancy training was examined as a risk factor for physical and psychological aggression toward a female partner among boys and young men in the Oregon Youth Study. Hostile talk about women during videotaped male friendship interactions was hypothesized to indicate a process by which aggression toward women is reinforced within male peer networks. Both antisocial behavior and hostile talk were predicted to be associated with later aggression toward a female partner. Prospective developmental models were tested from 9-10 years of age through young adulthood. Findings indicated that the relation of deviant peer association in adolescence and later aggression toward a partner was mediated by antisocial behavior; observed hostile talk about women with male peers explained additional variance in aggression toward a partner.
Capaldi
D M
DM
Oregon Social Learning Center, Eugene 97401-2426, USA. deborahc@oslc.org
Dishion
T J
TJ
Stoolmiller
M
M
Yoerger
K
K
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D006791:Hostility; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D009922:Oregon; D010379:Peer Group; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012307:Risk Factors; D012933:Social Identification; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000523:psychology*