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Intergenerational aspects of the development of aggression: a preliminary report.
J Dev Behav Pediatr. 1996 Jun; 17(3):176-82.JD

Abstract

Across studies in a variety of environmental settings, secure attachment relationships early in life are associated with a lower rate of abnormally aggressive patterns of behavior later in childhood. The quality of an attachment relationship can be predicted by a recently developed measure of parents' mental representations of their own early childhood relationships, the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI). AAI classifications of single parents of abnormally aggressive preschoolers (n = 10) from two low income day care centers were compared with those of single parents of age-, race-, sex-, and center-matched controls (n = 10). All abnormally aggressive children had parents classified as insecure on the AAI; parents of all but one of the nonaggressive controls were classified as secure (p < .001). The AAI may be a useful intergenerational predictor of antisocial and resilient outcomes among children for whom a single caregiver is the only resource for longstanding attachment relationships. Efforts to enhance the constellation of children's early attachment relationships may serve to prevent antisocial outcome.

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Constantino JN
Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA.

MeSH

AdultAggressionAntisocial Personality DisorderChild Behavior DisordersChild of Impaired ParentsChild, PreschoolFemaleHumansInfantIntergenerational RelationsInternal-External ControlMaleMother-Child RelationsObject AttachmentPersonality AssessmentRisk FactorsSingle Parent

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

Language

eng

PubMed ID

8783064

Citation

Constantino, J N.. "Intergenerational Aspects of the Development of Aggression: a Preliminary Report." Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics : JDBP, vol. 17, no. 3, 1996, pp. 176-82.
Constantino JN. Intergenerational aspects of the development of aggression: a preliminary report. J Dev Behav Pediatr. 1996;17(3):176-82.
Constantino, J. N. (1996). Intergenerational aspects of the development of aggression: a preliminary report. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics : JDBP, 17(3), 176-82.
Constantino JN. Intergenerational Aspects of the Development of Aggression: a Preliminary Report. J Dev Behav Pediatr. 1996;17(3):176-82. PubMed PMID: 8783064.
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