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Intercommunity differences in aggression among Zapotec children.

D P Fry1

  • 1Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology, University of Arizona, Tucson 85721.

Child Development
|August 1, 1988
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Area of Science:

  • Cross-cultural psychology
  • Developmental psychology
  • Social learning theory

Background:

  • Aggression patterns in children can reflect community violence levels.
  • Social learning theory posits that aggressive behaviors are learned through observation and imitation.
  • Previous research suggests a link between adult and child aggression, but cross-cultural comparisons are limited.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare play and serious aggression in Zapotec children from communities with differing adult violence levels.
  • To test the hypothesis that children's agonistic behavior mirrors adult violence patterns, as predicted by social learning theory.
  • To investigate cultural transmission of aggression patterns across generations.

Main Methods:

  • Ethological observation of 48 Zapotec children aged 3-8 years.

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  • Comparison of physical aggression (actual fighting, play fighting) and nonphysical threatening between two communities.
  • Quantitative analysis of observed agonistic behaviors.

    • Main Results:

    • Children in the more violent community exhibited significantly more actual fighting (p = .005) and play fighting (p = .0001).
    • Conversely, children in the less violent community displayed more noncontact threatening behaviors (p = .0001).
    • Agonistic behavior severity generally paralleled adult violence levels in the respective communities.

    Conclusions:

    • Community-specific aggression patterns are learned by Zapotec children and perpetuated into adulthood.
    • Findings support social learning theory regarding the transmission of violence and aggression.
    • Play fighting and threatening behaviors may serve distinct social functions within different cultural contexts.