Citation

Gomez R, McLaren S. Aggressive Behav. 2007; 33(2): 160-169.

Affiliation

School of Behavioural and Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Ballarat, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. r.gomez@ballarat.edu.au

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, International Society for Research on Aggression, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1002/ab.20181

PMID

17441016

Abstract

This study examined three models depicting the relations between mother and father attachment, self-esteem and aggression. A total of 385 participants (173 males and 212 females), aged from 18 to 20 years, completed self-rating questionnaires covering mother and father attachment, self-esteem and aggression. Results showed that self-esteem had additive and mediation effects on both the father attachment-aggression and mother attachment-aggression relationships, and also moderated the mother attachment-aggression relation. These findings are discussed in terms of different models for the inter-relations of mother and father attachment, self-esteem and aggression in late adolescence.

Language: en