Influence of Caregiver Punishment for Anger and Caregiver Modeling of Distributive Aggression on Adult Anger Expression in Romantic Relationships

This study used retrospective self-reports to compare two ways primary caregivers influence how their children grow up to express distributive aggression in their adult romantic relationships: the extent to which caregivers punished their children for anger and the overall amount of distributive agg...

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Published inThe Southern communication journal Vol. 77; no. 2; pp. 128 - 142
Main Authors Powers, Stacie Renfro, Trust-Schwartz, Rhonda
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Memphis Taylor & Francis Group 01.04.2012
Southern States Communication Association
Subjects
Aggression
Aggressiveness
Anger
Caregivers
Children
Children & youth
Personal relationships
Reinforcement
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Summary:This study used retrospective self-reports to compare two ways primary caregivers influence how their children grow up to express distributive aggression in their adult romantic relationships: the extent to which caregivers punished their children for anger and the overall amount of distributive aggression that was modeled by caregivers. In this college-aged sample, results revealed that males reported being punished by their caregivers more often for anger expression than females did and also perceived their recent romantic partners as being more aggressive. Controlling for the dyadic nature of aggression within romantic relationships, caregiver distributive aggression influenced the way romantic partners were perceived, and punishment for anger had a small impact on one's own self-reported distributive aggression.
ISSN:1041-794X
1930-3203
DOI:10.1080/1041794X.2011.610492