INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSMISSION OF VIOLENCE AND PSYCHOLOGICAL AGGRESSION AGAINST WIVES

Previous research is not clear on how violence in the family of origin translates into violence and aggression later in life. This paper dev elops and estimates an empirical model in which Gottfredson and Hirsch i's concept of self-control is specified to mediate the relationship b etween violence in the family of origin and conjugal psychological agg ression. Data generated by the 1975 National Family Violence Survey we re used for the study. Results suggest that fathers' violence is more likely to exert the aggression amplification effect.