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It is a well-established fact that the level of aggressiveness of children tends to correlate with that of their parents. For instance, Huesmann et al. (1984) found clearly significant correlations, in their longitudinal study stretching over two generations. Although a hereditary factor cannot be strictly ruled out, such findings suggest that if one wishes to understand the origins and patterns of human aggression, it is of utmost importance to devote more research to the issue of how aggressive behavioral patterns are established and transmitted within the home. The question of how mothers and fathers serve as models thus becomes a vital focal point.
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Björkqvist, K. (1997). Learning Aggression from Models: From a Social Learning Toward a Cognitive Theory of Modeling. In: Feshbach, S., Zagrodzka, J. (eds) Aggression. The Plenum Series in Social/Clinical Psychology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5883-5_5
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