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Family and peer factors related to the Family and peer factors related to the development of aggression in adolescent dating development of aggression in adolescent dating
relationshipsrelationships
John H. Grych & Kara Lindstedt
Marquette University
Thanks to…Thanks to…
Greg Fosco Patrick Gunderson
Nicole Hart Laura Klockow
Sarah Raynor Diana Robbins
Joanne Hepp, Mary Kohl and the students of Alexander Hamilton High School
Research on Aggression in Research on Aggression in Adolescent Romantic RelationshipsAdolescent Romantic Relationships
- Guided primarily by social learning theory;
modeling, reinforcement as mechanisms
- Aggression viewed as a response to conflict
- Focus on family of origin
- Emphasis on individual characteristics as mediators; Eg., beliefs about justifiability of aggression
The Interpersonal Context of Dating The Interpersonal Context of Dating Aggression: Peer Relationships Aggression: Peer Relationships
-Developmentally, may serve as a bridge between family relationships and romantic relationships
- Provide new interpersonal opportunities that can reinforce or counter family experiences
- Limited empirical data supports peer influences on dating aggression
Can positive peer relationships buffer the effect
of family aggression on dating behavior?
The Interpersonal Context of Dating The Interpersonal Context of Dating Aggression: Attachment RelationshipsAggression: Attachment Relationships
- Parent-child interactions shape Internal Working Models of relationships
- Expectations for others’ behavior
- Ability to regulate emotions- Highly anxious individuals may perceive a range
of behaviors as threats to the relationship- Aggression may be an attempt to keep partner
close, avoid dissolution of the relationship (maintain proximity)
Is there continuity in the quality of parent-child, peer, and adolescent romantic relationships?
Do qualities of these relationships predict dating aggression?
Questions Examined in the Present Study Questions Examined in the Present Study
1. Do peer relationships moderate the link between interparental conflict and dating aggression?
2. Does integrating family and peer relationships with cognitive and emotional processes provide better prediction of aggression in teen dating relationships?
Anger regulation
Attitudes re: Aggression.
Interparentalconflict
Datingaggression
Parentalalienation
Parentalcloseness
Anger regulation
Peer alienation
Attitudes re: Aggression.
Interparentalconflict
Peer closeness
RomanticAttach.
Datingaggression
MethodMethod Sample
-284 14-19 year olds (172 girls, 115 boys)
-Ethnicity:
57% Anglo American
20% Latino
12% African American
4% Asian 4% Biracial or
“other 2% Native American
MeasuresMeasures
- Dating aggression. Conflict in Adolescent Dating Relationships Inventory (CADRI; Wolfe, 2001)
- Interparental conflict: Children’s Perception of Interparental
Conflict Scale (CPIC; Grych, Seid, & Fincham, 1992)
- Parent-Child Relationship: Inventory of Parent and Peer
Attachment (IPPA; Armsden & Greenberg, 1987)
- Peer Relationships: Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment (IPPA)
- Romantic Attachment Style: Experiences in Close Relationships Scale (ECR; Brennan, Shaver, & Clark, 1998). Anxiety and Avoidance scales
1.1. Do positive peer relationships buffer the effectsDo positive peer relationships buffer the effectsof interparental conflict on dating aggression?of interparental conflict on dating aggression?
Boys: NoGirls: Yes Step Variable b R2
1. Interparental Conflict .08 .02
Peer Closeness -.12
2. Interaction of Interparental Conflict & Peer Closeness -.18* .05*
Plot of Conflict-Closeness Interaction (Girls)Plot of Conflict-Closeness Interaction (Girls)
Interparental Conflict
DATING
AGG
Poor peer rels r = .28
Close peer rels r = -.06
2.2. Does integrating family and peer relationships withDoes integrating family and peer relationships withcognitive and emotional processes better predict cognitive and emotional processes better predict aggression in teen dating relationships ?aggression in teen dating relationships ?
Dating Aggression Girls Boys
Individual factors Attitudes re: Aggression .25* .29* Anger regulation .23* .50*Family factors Interparental Conflict .07 .00 Closeness to Mother -.16 -.14 Closeness to Father -.05 -.05 Alienation from Mother .21* .19 Alienation from Father .08 .09Peer factors Closeness to Peers -.06 -.05 Alienation from Peers .12 .23* Anxious Rom. Attach. .20* .27* Avoidant Rom. Attach. -.04 .24*---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +p < .07 * p < .05
Dating Aggression Girls Boys
Individual factors Attitudes re: Aggression .25* .29* Anger regulation .23* .50*Family factors Interparental Conflict .07 .00 Closeness to Mother -.16 -.14 Closeness to Father -.05 -.05 Alienation from Mother .21* .19 Alienation from Father .08 .09Peer factors Closeness to Peers -.06 -.05 Alienation from Peers .12 .23* Anxious Rom. Attach. .20* .27* Avoidant Rom. Attach. -.04 .24*---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +p < .07 * p < .05
Dating Aggression Girls Boys
Individual factors Attitudes re: Aggression .25* .29* Anger regulation .23* .50*Family factors Interparental Conflict .07 .00 Closeness to Mother -.16 -.14 Closeness to Father -.05 -.05 Alienation from Mother .21* .19+ Alienation from Father .08 .09Peer factors Closeness to Peers -.06 -.05 Alienation from Peers .12 .23* Anxious Rom. Attach. .20* .27* Avoidant Rom. Attach. -.04 .24*---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + p < .07 * p < .05
Dating Aggression Girls Boys
Individual factors Attitudes re: Aggression .25* .29* Anger regulation .23* .50*Family factors Interparental Conflict .07 .00 Closeness to Mother -.16 -.14 Closeness to Father -.05 -.05 Alienation from Mother .21* .19+ Alienation from Father .08 .09Peer factors Closeness to Peers -.06 -.05 Alienation from Peers .12 .23* Anxious Rom. Attach. .20* .27* Avoidant Rom. Attach. -.04 .24*---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + p < .07 * p < .05
Mediational model for boysMediational model for boys
Interparentalconflict
Alienation From Mother
Closeness To Mother
AngerRegulation
AggressiveAttitudes
AlienationFrom Peers
ClosenessTo Peers
AnxiousRom. Attach.
Dating Aggression
.79**
.90**
2.85*
+p < .08 *p < .05 **p < .01
.12*
.00
.04
.22*
.42**
.34**
.07
.15
.05+
Notes: path coefficients are unstandardized
Mediational model for girlsMediational model for girls
Interparentalconflict
Alienation From Mother
Closeness To Mother
AngerRegulation
AggressiveAttitudes
AlienationFrom Peers
ClosenessTo Peers
AnxiousRom. Attach.
Dating Aggression
.57**
.31*
1.67+
+p < .08 *p < .05 **p < .01
.15**
.02**
.00
.03
.07
.26**
.01
.07
.02
Notes: path coefficients are unstandardized
Predicting Anxious Romantic AttachmentPredicting Anxious Romantic Attachment
Alienation From Mother
Closeness To Mother
AnxiousRom. Attach
AlienationFrom Peers
ClosenessTo Peers
AngerRegulation
Predicting Anxious Romantic AttachmentPredicting Anxious Romantic Attachment in Boys in Boys
Alienation From Mother
Closeness To Mother
AnxiousRom. Attach.
AlienationFrom Peers
ClosenessTo Peers
Anger Regulation
+p < .08 *p < .05 **p < .01
.05+.15+
.02
.34**
.20
.05*
.08**
.01
.40*
.03+
Notes: path coefficients are unstandardized
Predicting Anxious Romantic AttachmentPredicting Anxious Romantic Attachment in Girls in Girls
Alienation From Mother
Closeness To Mother
AnxiousRom. Attach.
AlienationFrom Peers
ClosenessTo Peers
Anger Regulation
+p < .08 *p < .05 **p < .01
.02.07
.05
.26**
.01
.04*
.13**
.02**
.53**
.11+
Notes: path coefficients are unstandardized
ConclusionsConclusions
1. Good peer relationships can buffer the adverse effects of interparental conflict on dating aggression, at least for girls
2. Integrating interpersonal relationships and individual characteristics provides better prediction of adolescent dating aggression
3. Alienation shows continuity from parent-child to peer relationships and predicts orientation toward romantic relationships; closeness/support may be more relationship-specific.