Antecedents and Consequences of Boys' Depression and Aggression: Family and School Linkages

This study, conducted with 246 mothers and sons, examined the influences of change in marital conflict and mother-son aggression on boys' aggression and depression and how boys' aggression and depression contributed to their being disliked by their peers. There was also interest in how boy...

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Published in:Journal of family psychology 1996-12, Vol.10 (4), p.490-500
Main Authors: MacKinnon-Lewis, Carol, Lofquist, Amy
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aggression
Aggressive Behavior
Aggressiveness
Biological and medical sciences
Boys
Child clinical studies
Conflict
Consequence
Depression
Factors
Families & family life
Female
Human
Human Males
Likability
Major Depression
Male
Marital Relations
Medical sciences
Mental depression
Mood disorders
Mother Child Relations
Parental conflict
Peer Relations
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Relationship
Social Approval
Social research
USA
Young boys
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Summary:This study, conducted with 246 mothers and sons, examined the influences of change in marital conflict and mother-son aggression on boys' aggression and depression and how boys' aggression and depression contributed to their being disliked by their peers. There was also interest in how boys' family and peer experiences contributed to their subsequent behavior. Boys who experienced increases in marital conflict were more depressed, whereas boys who experienced negative interactions with their mothers were more aggressive. Boys who were either depressed or aggressive were more disliked by their peers, and being disliked was associated with aggressive behavior subsequently. However, being depressed appeared to attenuate the negative effect of being disliked by one's peers. The association between boys' earlier aggression and their subsequent aggression with their peers was mediated by dislike by their peers.
ISSN:0893-3200
1939-1293
DOI:10.1037/0893-3200.10.4.490