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. 1998 Oct-Dec;40(4):346–349.

THE FAMILY AND PEER GROUP INFLUENCES IN AGGRESSION

Prashant Talwar 1,
PMCID: PMC2966686  PMID: 21494499

Abstract

This study attempts to find a relationship between factors in the family, peer group, and levels of adolescent aggression. 148 adolescents and their mothers were studied. It was found that negative parenting and exposure to deviant peers influenced aggression among the adolescents.

Keywords: Aggression, socialisation, parents, peer

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