Mechanisms in the Cycle of Violence

Dodge, Kenneth A.; Bates, John E.; Pettit, Gregory S.

doi:10.1126/science.2270481

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Mechanisms in the Cycle of Violence

Dodge, Kenneth A., Bates, John E., Pettit, Gregory S.·1990·Science

DOI 10.1126/science.2270481

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Two questions concerning the effect of physical abuse in early childhood on the child's development of aggressive behavior are the focus of this article. The first is whether abuse per se has deleterious effects. In earlier studies, in which samples were nonrepresentative and family ecological factors (such as poverty, marital violence, and family instability) and child biological variables (such as early health problems and temperament) were ignored, findings have been ambiguous. 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. The second question concerns the processes by which antisocial development occurs in abused children. Abused children tended to acquire deviant patterns of processing social information, and these may mediate the development of aggressive behavior.

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Processing patterns mediate the effect of early experiences on later antisocial behavior.
“Furthermore, processing patterns can be predicted from earlier life experiences, such as physical maltreatment (Pollak & Tolley-Schell, 2003) and peer social rejection (Dodge et al., 2003), and these processing patterns mediate the effect of those early experiences on later antisocial behavior (Dodge, Bates, & Pettit, 1990; Weiss, Dodge, Bates, & Pettit, 1992).”
From Social-information-processing patterns mediate the impact of preventive intervention on adolescent antisocial behavior (2013) · cites this paper as Dodge, Bates, & Pettit, 1990
Social information processing was not supported by any of the included studies.
“Social information processing was also not supported by any of the included studies (Dodge et al., 1990).”
From What Are the Mechanisms Underpinning Intergenerational Transmission of Violence Perpetration? A Realist Review (2026) · cites this paper as Dodge et al., 1990
Children and adolescents exposed to violence tend to show disruptive behavioral responses to distress.
“whereas children and adolescents exposed to violence tend to exhibit disruptive behavioral responses to distress (Bingenheimer 2005; Dodge et al. 1990; Eisenberg and Fabes 1994; McCloskey and Lichter 2003; Oshri et al. 2015).”
From Childhood maltreatment exposure and disruptions in emotion regulation: A transdiagnostic pathway to adolescent internalizing and externalizing psychopathology (2016) · cites this paper as Dodge et al. 1990

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Authors: Dodge, K. A., Bates, J. E., & Pettit, G. S.
Affiliations: Vanderbilt University (US)
ORCID: Dodge, Kenneth A.
Venue: Science
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Published: 1990-12-21
Volume: 250
Issue: 4988
Pages: 1678-1683
ISSN: 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
1095-9203
DOI: 10.1126/science.2270481
OpenAlex: W2077674356
Cited by: 1,803
References: 30
Citations by year: 2026: 25 · 2025: 29 · 2024: 30 · 2023: 35 · 2022: 50 · 2021: 51 · 2020: 51 · 2019: 77 · 2018: 45 · 2017: 50 · 2016: 66 · 2015: 74 · 2014: 67 · 2013: 85 · 2012: 75
FWCI: 24.40
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: Science (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders: U.S. Public Health Service (42498)
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child Abuse and Trauma
Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
Keywords: child physical abuse, aggression, cycle of violence, social information processing, risk factors, child development
MeSH terms: Aggression, Child Abuse, Child Development, Child, Preschool, Humans, Probability, Risk Factors, Temperament, Violence

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