Professors Sarah Duman and Gayla Margolin interviewed members of 118 two-parent families individually, asking them how they would respond to being provoked by teasing, assaults, and so forth. The families were representative of all ethnic and socio-economic groups.
The researchers found that if parents chose aggressive responses, their children did too.
"Mother-to-father physical aggression was significantly correlated with girls' aggressive problem solving, whereas father-to-mother physical aggression was correlated with boys' aggressive problem solving," according to the authors. In other words, girls learned aggression from their mothers, and boys learned it from their fathers. Aggressive behaviors on the part of parents clearly influenced the children's choices and behaviors.
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Labels: aggression, role_models, problem_solving
Posted By: Aspen Education Group