Bidirectional association between child maltreatment and adolescent aggression from early-to-mid adolescence.
While prior research has documented robust associations between child maltreatment and adolescent aggression, most studies have conceptualized this relationship as unidirectional, focusing primarily on the consequences of maltreatment for later aggressive behavior. In contrast, emerging theoretical...
| Published in: | Aggression & Violent Behavior Vol. 87 |
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Pergamon Press - An Imprint of Elsevier Science
Mar2026
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=192151098&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 192151098 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 13591789 J8H jtl: Aggression & Violent Behavior issn: 13591789 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Mar2026 vid: 87 pid: 2410 pub: Pergamon Press - An Imprint of Elsevier Science artinfo: ui: 192151098 192151098 192151098 10.1016/j.avb.2026.102136 192151098 ppct: 1 formats: tig: atl: Bidirectional association between child maltreatment and adolescent aggression from early-to-mid adolescence. aug: au: Lee, Wonki affil: College of Police and Criminal Justice, Dongguk University, Republic of Korea sug: subj: Parent-Child Relations Child Abuse Risk Factors Aggression Risk Factors Aggression Risk Factors Risk Assessment Human Male Female Child Adolescence South Korea Prospective Studies Questionnaires Descriptive Statistics Data Analysis Software Parental Behavior Adolescent Behavior Family Relations Adaptation, Psychological Child: 6-12 years Adolescent: 13-18 years Male Female ab: While prior research has documented robust associations between child maltreatment and adolescent aggression, most studies have conceptualized this relationship as unidirectional, focusing primarily on the consequences of maltreatment for later aggressive behavior. In contrast, emerging theoretical and empirical work suggests that parent and adolescent behaviors might reciprocally influence one another over time. However, longitudinal examinations of this bidirectional association, particularly during early-to-mid adolescence, remain limited, especially in non-Western contexts. Using a nationally representative longitudinal sample of South Korean adolescents from the Korea Child and Youth Panel Study (n = 2267), the present study examined the reciprocal relationship between child maltreatment and adolescent aggression across five annual waves from ages 10 to 14. Random-intercept cross-lagged panel models were employed to distinguish between stable between-person differences and within-person changes over time. Results revealed significant autoregressive effects for both child maltreatment and adolescent aggression, indicating substantial continuity in each construct throughout early-to-mid adolescence. In addition, significant cross-lagged effects emerged in both directions: higher levels of maltreatment predicted subsequent increases in adolescent aggression, while elevated aggression predicted later increases in maltreatment by parents. Model comparison tests further demonstrated that these reciprocal associations remained stable across time, suggesting a constrained developmental process during this stage. Collectively, these findings provide strong evidence for a stable, reciprocal relationship between child maltreatment and adolescent aggression during early-to-mid adolescence. The results extend bidirectional and developmental perspectives by illustrating that parent and adolescent behaviors mutually influence one another within a critical developmental stage. Implications for prevention programs that simultaneously address parenting practices and adolescents' emotional and behavioral adjustment are discussed. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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