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Attributional style of the mother as a predictor of aggressive behavior of the child
Author(s) -
KeltikangasJärvinen Liisa
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
aggressive behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.223
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1098-2337
pISSN - 0096-140X
DOI - 10.1002/1098-2337(1990)16:1<1::aid-ab2480160102>3.0.co;2-h
Subject(s) - attribution , locus of control , psychology , developmental psychology , causality (physics) , injury prevention , human factors and ergonomics , poison control , occupational safety and health , clinical psychology , social psychology , medicine , physics , environmental health , pathology , quantum mechanics
The association between the life orientation and attributional styles of a mother and the aggressiveness of her child were studied in 61 mothers and their children, 23 boys and 38 girls, mean age 6.6 years (range 4–13 years). The mother's life orientation and attributional styles were established during interviews using the life‐style questionnaire, and a child's aggressiveness was evaluated by the mother using the Health Examination Survey. The factors assessing life orientation were lack of personal control, causal unstability, internal locus of causality, personal responsibility, and democratic educational attitudes. The mother's personal responsibility and internal causal attributions were related to nonaggressiveness in the child, whereas mothers with a lack of personal control were likely to have aggressive children. Educational attitudes were of no importance. The results showed no sex‐ or age‐related variance.