title: Country, sex, and parent occupational status: moderators of the continuity of aggression from childhood to adulthood.
abstract: Using data from two American and one Finnish long-term longitudinal studies, we examined continuity of general aggression from age 8 to physical aggression in early adulthood (age 21-30) and whether continuity of aggression differed by country, sex, and parent occupational status. In all samples, childhood aggression was assessed via peer nominations and early adulthood aggression via self-reports. Multi-group structural equation models revealed significant continuity in aggression in the American samples but not in the Finnish sample. These relations did not differ by sex but did differ by parent occupational status: whereas there was no significant continuity among American children from professional family-of-origin backgrounds, there was significant continuity among American children from non-professional backgrounds.
authors.affiliation: University of Jyvaskyla, Jyvaskyla, Finland.
authors.forename: Katja
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kokko
authors.forename: Sharon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Simonton
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dubow
authors.forename: Jennifer E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Lansford
authors.forename: Sheryl L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Olson
authors.forename: L Rowell
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Huesmann
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Boxer
authors.forename: Lea
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pulkkinen
authors.forename: John E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Bates
authors.forename: Kenneth A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Dodge
authors.forename: Gregory S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Pettit
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000374:Aggression; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D015331:Cohort Studies; D004651:Employment; D005260:Female; D005387:Finland; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012737:Sex Factors; D014481:United States; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: aggression; continuity; cross-national; longitudinal study; occupational status; structural equation model