Kevin H. Wozniak
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- May 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780195393583
- eISBN:
- 9780190603946
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195393583.003.0007
- Subject:
- Psychology, Developmental Psychology
This chapter provides a review of research on parental warmth and parental rejection and their associations with physical aggression and violence. There is consistent evidence that parental warmth is ...
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This chapter provides a review of research on parental warmth and parental rejection and their associations with physical aggression and violence. There is consistent evidence that parental warmth is inversely associated with violent behavior, but the effects are not very strong. By contrast, there is robust evidence that indicators of parental rejection, seen as the far end of a warmth-rejection continuum, are correlated with physically aggressive and violent behavior. The studies as a whole suggest that violent offenders have experienced less warmth and greater rejection from parents than nonviolent-only offenders. The evidence suggests that low parental warmth is associated with nonviolent offending as consistently as it is with violent offending. The association between parental rejection and offending is clearly more consistent for violent than nonviolent antisocial behavior. The finding is important in light of commentary made about the average expectable environment in Chapter 2.Less
This chapter provides a review of research on parental warmth and parental rejection and their associations with physical aggression and violence. There is consistent evidence that parental warmth is inversely associated with violent behavior, but the effects are not very strong. By contrast, there is robust evidence that indicators of parental rejection, seen as the far end of a warmth-rejection continuum, are correlated with physically aggressive and violent behavior. The studies as a whole suggest that violent offenders have experienced less warmth and greater rejection from parents than nonviolent-only offenders. The evidence suggests that low parental warmth is associated with nonviolent offending as consistently as it is with violent offending. The association between parental rejection and offending is clearly more consistent for violent than nonviolent antisocial behavior. The finding is important in light of commentary made about the average expectable environment in Chapter 2.
Kevin H. Wozniak
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- May 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780195393583
- eISBN:
- 9780190603946
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195393583.003.0012
- Subject:
- Psychology, Developmental Psychology
This chapter provides a systematic summary of findings from the substantive chapters in this book on the topics of intelligence, school, attachment to parents, parental warmth and rejection, child ...
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This chapter provides a systematic summary of findings from the substantive chapters in this book on the topics of intelligence, school, attachment to parents, parental warmth and rejection, child abuse, poverty, community factors, and substance use. In it, we provide recommendations for future research on violent behavior and violent crime, to distinguish its causes from those of nonviolent offending. Highly detailed recommendations for hypothesis tests for each topic (intelligence, executive functions, academic achievement, school bonding, parental attachment, parental warmth, parental rejection, child abuse, poverty, communities, alcohol and drug use) are also outlined.Less
This chapter provides a systematic summary of findings from the substantive chapters in this book on the topics of intelligence, school, attachment to parents, parental warmth and rejection, child abuse, poverty, community factors, and substance use. In it, we provide recommendations for future research on violent behavior and violent crime, to distinguish its causes from those of nonviolent offending. Highly detailed recommendations for hypothesis tests for each topic (intelligence, executive functions, academic achievement, school bonding, parental attachment, parental warmth, parental rejection, child abuse, poverty, communities, alcohol and drug use) are also outlined.
