Abstract
This paper examines the contention that family violence is passed down from generation to generation. The sample was primarily nonclinical and was composed of 14 clients of community guidance clinics and 82 members of a randomly selected control group. The primary hypothesis that individuals who are exposed to a high degree of physical punishment as children are more likely to resort to family violence as adults was supported. Studies of the modeling of aggression were examined to suggest factors which may mediate the hypothesized relationship. It was found that respondents who had grown up in an environment characterized by either low family warmth or high stress in combination with exposure to a high degree of parental punishment were more likely to use physical punishment in their own families. Also, family violence was more likely to be transmitted in same-sex rather than cross-sex linkages.
Keywords
AggressionPunishment (psychology)Domestic violencePsychologyPoison controlHuman factors and ergonomicsInjury preventionSuicide preventionDevelopmental psychologyClinical psychologyMedicineMedical emergency
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- 1977
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- article
- Volume
- 3
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 289-299
- Citations
- 73
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Joseph Carroll
(1977).
The lntergenerational transmission of family violence: The long-term effects of aggressive behavior.
Aggressive Behavior
, 3
(3)
, 289-299.
https://doi.org/10.1002/1098-2337(1977)3:3<289::aid-ab2480030310>3.0.co;2-o
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- 10.1002/1098-2337(1977)3:3<289::aid-ab2480030310>3.0.co;2-o