@article{ref1,
title="Mothers’ Trait Verbal Aggressiveness as a Predictor of Maternal and Child Behavior During Playtime Interactions",
journal="Human communication research",
year="2008",
author="Wilson, Steven R. and Roberts, Felicia and Rack, Jessica J. and Delaney, Julie E.",
volume="34",
number="3",
pages="392-422",
abstract="This article explores associations between mothers’ trait verbal aggressiveness (VA) and maternal and child behavior during playtime interactions. Forty mothers completed a 10-minute play period with one of their children (range = 3–8 years) and then responded to D. A. Infante and C. J. Wigley’s (1986) trait VA scale. Mothers’ trait VA was associated positively (r = .48) with their rate of directing and inversely (r =−.44) with their child’s rated cooperation. Qualitative analyses of a subset (n = 8) of interactions suggest that mothers high in trait VA used directives to control the choice, rate, and duration of activities, and used physical negative touch along with directives, more than low-VA mothers. Behaviors associated with trait VA occur even during brief mother–child interactions in which triggers for aggressive behavior largely are absent.<p />",
language="",
issn="0360-3989",
doi="10.1111/j.1468-2958.2008.00326.x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2958.2008.00326.x"
}