Citation

Hinde RA, Tamplin A, Barrett J. Aggressive Behav. 1993; 19(2): 85-105.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1993, International Society for Research on Aggression, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

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Abstract

Is aggressive behaviour in preschool more closely related to individual characteristics of the child as assessed at home, to aspects of mother-child interaction, or to the mother-child relationship? The issue was studied in three replications. Aggression in preschool was related to temperamental characteristics in girls but not boys, and to Self-esteem. There were verv few significant correlations between aspects of mother-child interaction and hostility in preschool, but hostility with peers was related to the absence of positive or presence of mildly negative interactions with the sibling. Aggression in preschool was related to an aspect of the mother-child relationship; least aggression was shown by those children whose mothers used warmth and control more or less 'in balance' (authoritative mothers). Such children also differed in other aspects of the mother-child relationship, and these provided some explanation of those children who appeared to be exceptions to the 'balance' hypothesis.