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  • Title: Aggressive behaviors in the adolescent children of HIV-positive and HIV-negative drug-abusing fathers.
    Author: Brook DW, Brook JS, Rubenstone E, Zhang C.
    Journal: Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse; 2006; 32(3):399-413. PubMed ID: 16864470.
    Abstract:
    This study examined aggressive behaviors in the adolescent children of HIV-positive and HIV-negative drug-abusing fathers. Data were collected via individual structured interviews of low-income, predominantly African American and Hispanic, father-child dyads (N = 415). Structural Equation Modeling was used to assess the interrelationship of several latent constructs with respect to adolescent aggression. Results showed a mediational model linking paternal attributes (including HIV status) and ecological factors with the father-child relationship, which impacted peer influences and the adolescent's vulnerable personality, which was the most proximal construct to aggressive behaviors. Ecological factors were also mediated by peer influences and directly linked with adolescent aggression.
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