Gregory S. Pettit

TL;DR: Results from a prospective study of a representative sample of 309 children indicated that physical abuse is indeed a risk factor for later aggressive behavior even when the other ecological and biological factors are known.

TL;DR: The results indicate that among boys there is continuity in problem behavior from childhood to adolescence and that such continuity is especially acute when early problem behavior takes the form of physical aggression.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the developmental course of physical aggression in childhood and analyzed its linkage to violent and nonviolent offending outcomes in adolescence and found that among boys there is continuity in problem behavior from childhood to adolescence.

TL;DR: It is suggested that part of the effect of socioeconomic status on children's aggressive development may be mediated by status-related socializing experiences.

TL;DR: In this article, a biopsychosocial model of the development of adolescent chronic conduct problems is presented and supported through a review of empirical findings, which posits that biological dispositions and sociocultural contexts place certain children at risk in early life but that life experiences with parents, peers, and social institutions increment and mediate this risk.