It is plausible that peer aggression—like general forms of aggression—is transmitted from one generation to the next. As such, parental behavior in childhood and adolescence may be associated with offspring aggressive behavior against peers. This study used 1970 British Cohort Study data to test intergenerational transmission of peer aggression. The baseline sample consisted of 13,135 participants. At the first assessment that was used in this study, participants were on average 4.95 years old (SD = 0.79; 48.20% female). At the last assessment, participants were on average 33.88 years old (SD = 0.36; 52.1% female). Models were computed for early and middle childhood, and adolescence. Significant associations between parents’ and offspring peer aggression were found in most models – especially when correlating aggression in similar developmental periods for parents and children. Other transmission mechanisms such as genetic transmission may be relevant and should be taken into account in future studies.

同龄人的攻击——就像一般的攻击形式一样——从一代传到下一代是合理的。因此，童年和青春期的父母行为可能与后代对同龄人的攻击性行为有关。本研究使用 1970 年英国队列研究数据来测试同伴攻击的代际传递。基线样本由 13,135 名参与者组成。在本研究中使用的第一次评估中，参与者的平均年龄为 4.95 岁（SD  = 0.79；48.20% 为女性）。在最后一次评估中，参与者的平均年龄为 33.88 岁（SD = 0.36; 52.1% 女性）。计算了儿童早期和中期以及青春期的模型。在大多数模型中都发现了父母和后代同伴攻击性之间的显着关联——尤其是在将父母和孩子在相似发育时期的攻击性相关联时。其他传播机制，如遗传传播可能是相关的，应在未来的研究中加以考虑。