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The Contribution of Marital Violence to Adolescent Aggression Across Different Relationships
Laura Ann McCloskey
Erika L. Lichter
Harvard University, School of Public Health
Different forms of aggression were measured in 296 young men and women participating in a study dating from their childhood that included families with marital violence. The youth reported on their perpetration of physical aggression with same-sex peers, dating partners, and parents. Measures were also collected on youth depression and empathy. Childhood exposure to marital violence predicted aggression toward peers for all youth. Marital violence was also related to child-to-parent aggression but only for youth older than 18. Youth from maritally violent homes were more likely to be depressed as adolescents. Elevated depression partially mediated the impact of marital violence on peer aggression and was associated with dating aggression among girls. Although marital violence in childhood was unrelated to empathy scores in adolescence, empathic youth were less likely to engage in dating aggression and peer aggression. Findings indicate that further emphasis should be placed on mental health problems and empathy building in youth exposed to marital violence.
Key Words: child abuse • marital violence • family violence • antisocial aggression • children of battered women
Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Vol. 18, No. 4,
390-412 (2003)
DOI: 10.1177/0886260503251179
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