Citation

Capaldi DM, Dishion TJ, Stoolmiller M, Yoerger K. Dev. Psychol. 2001; 37(1): 61-73.

Affiliation

Oregon Social Learning Center, Eugene 97401-2426, USA. deborahc@oslc.org

Copyright

(Copyright © 2001, American Psychological Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

11206434

Abstract

Deviancy training was examined as a risk factor for physical and psychological aggression toward a female partner among boys and young men in the Oregon Youth Study. Hostile talk about women during videotaped male friendship interactions was hypothesized to indicate a process by which aggression toward women is reinforced within male peer networks. Both antisocial behavior and hostile talk were predicted to be associated with later aggression toward a female partner. Prospective developmental models were tested from 9-10 years of age through young adulthood. Findings indicated that the relation of deviant peer association in adolescence and later aggression toward a partner was mediated by antisocial behavior; observed hostile talk about women with male peers explained additional variance in aggression toward a partner.

Language: en