Normative beliefs approving of aggression moderate the observational learning of weapon use.
The results of this study suggest that interventions in childhood and adolescence that counteract normative beliefs approving of aggression and that reduce callousness will lessen the likelihood of the later imitation of observed neighborhood weapon violence by the intervened youth.
Authors
- Eric F. Dubow (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2718-2268)
- L. Rowell Huesmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3653-5272)
- Paul Boxer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7072-9364)
- Meagan Docherty (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5995-5122)
Institutions
- Bowling Green State University (US)
- University of Michigan (US)
- Rutgers Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Psychology of Violence
- Published
- 2025-06-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1037/vio0000599
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.20
Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention