title: Intergenerational transmission of relationship aggression: a prospective longitudinal study.
abstract: The present study examined whether physical and verbal aggression in the family of origin were associated with similar patterns of aggression in young adult couples. Hypotheses were tested using a sample of 213 focal individuals who were followed from adolescence to adulthood. Results suggested that aggression in the family when focal participants were adolescents predicted aggression with romantic partners when participants were adults. The association between interparental aggression and later aggression in adult romantic unions was partially mediated through parents' aggression to focal participants when they were adolescents. Both physical and verbal aggression revealed the same pattern of findings. All together, these findings are consistent with a developmental-interactional perspective (Capaldi & Gorman-Smith, 2003) concerning the developmental origins of aggression in intimate relationships.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family and Child Sciences, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306, USA. mcui@fsu.edu
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.forename: Jared A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Durtschi
authors.forename: M Brent
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Donnellan
authors.forename: Frederick O
authors.initials: FO
authors.lastname: Lorenz
authors.forename: Rand D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Conger
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D017579:Domestic Violence / Q000523:psychology; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016901:Intergenerational Relations; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D007484:Iowa; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology; D011446:Prospective Studies; D018454:Spouses / Q000523:psychology