Social Information Processing Mediates the Intergenerational Transmission of Aggressiveness in Romantic Relationships

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 367-376

  Fite, Jennifer E ^a   Bates, John E ^a   Holtzworth Munroe, Amy ^a   Dodge, Kenneth A ^b   Nay, Sandra Y ^b   Pettit, Gregory S ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescence; aggression; intergenerational transmission; relationship conflict; social information processing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONFLICT; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); COURTSHIP; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 44949150163     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0893-3200.22.3.367     Document Type: Article

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