Citation

Broidy LM, Nagin DS, Tremblay RE, Bates JE, Brame B, Dodge KA, Fergusson D, Horwood JL, Loeber R, Laird R, Lynam DR, Moffitt TE, Pettit GS, Vitaro F. Dev. Psychol. 2003; 39(2): 222-245.

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(Copyright © 2003, American Psychological Association)

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Abstract

This study used data from 6 sites and 3 countries to examine the developmental course of physical aggression in childhood and to analyze its linkage to violent and nonviolent offending outcomes in adolescence. The results indicate that among boys there is continuity in problem behavior from childhood to adolescence and that such continuity is especially acute when early problem behavior takes the form of physical aggression. Chronic physical aggression during the elementary school years specifically increases the risk for continued physical violence as well as other nonviolent forms of delinquency during adolescence. However, this conclusion is reserved primarily for boys, because the results indicate no clear linkage between childhood physical aggression and adolescent offending among female samples despite notable similarities across male and female samples in the developmental course of physical aggression in childhood. (Abstract Adapted from Source: Developmental Psychology, 2003. Copyright © 2003 by the American Psychological Association)

Child Aggression
Child Behavior
Child Male
Child Problem Behavior
Behavior Effects
Aggression Effects
Child Development
Youth Development
Juvenile Development
Male Offender
Male Violence
Male Delinquency
Male Aggression
Male Behavior
Physical Aggression
Aggression and Subsequent Crime and Violence
Violence Risk Factors
Violence Causes
Juvenile Crime
Juvenile Delinquency
Juvenile Offender
Juvenile Violence
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