Finding the Roots of Adolescent Aggressive Behaviour: A Test of Three Developmental Pathways

Autor/inn/en	Glowacz, Fabienne; Veronneau, Marie-Helene; Boet, Sylvie; Born, Michel
Titel	Finding the Roots of Adolescent Aggressive Behaviour: A Test of Three Developmental Pathways
Quelle	In: International Journal of Behavioral Development, 37 (2013) 4, S.319-331 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0165-0254
DOI	10.1177/0165025413486418
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Aggression; Adolescents; Longitudinal Studies; Structural Equation Models; Parent Child Relationship; Prediction; Negative Attitudes; Mother Attitudes; Correlation; Child Development; Questionnaires; Belgium; Trail Making Test; Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Vorhersage; Negative Fixierung; Mutterliebe; Korrelation; Kindesentwicklung; Fragebogen; Belgien
Abstract	Aggressive behaviours in adolescence often originate in early development. This study tested three longitudinal pathways starting in early childhood, in a sample of 325 Belgian participants (162 girls) assessed every 1 or 2 years from birth through age 14. Structural equation models supported the "mother early dissatisfaction" pathway toward adolescent aggression, but neither the "cognitive functioning" nor the "early aggressive behaviour" pathway gained clear support. Mother's early dissatisfaction with her child was the starting point of a series of negative perceptions of the child, which predicted physical and social aggression in adolescence. Children's cognitive functioning and early aggression level were weakly correlated with mother's perceptions. This finding suggests that explaining normative development to parents may improve mothers' perceptions of their early experience as a mother, of their child, and of their subsequent interactions, which may reduce their child's future aggressive behaviours. (Contains 2 figures and 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10