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Intellectual functioning and aggression
In a 22-year study, data were collected on aggressiveness and intellectual functioning in more than
600 subjects, their parents, and their children. Both aggression and intellectual functioning are reasonably
stable in a subject's lifetime and perpetuate themselves across generations and within marriage
pairs. Aggression in childhood was shown to interfere with the development of intellectual
functioning and to be predictive of poorer intellectual achievement as an adult. Early 1Q was related
to early subject aggression but did not predict changes in aggression after age 8. On the other hand,
differences between early IQ and intellectual achievement in middle adulthood were predictable
from early aggressive behavior. A dual-process model was offered to explain the relation between
intellectual functioning and aggressive behavior. We hypothesized that low intelligence makes the
learning of aggressive responses more likely at an early age, and this aggressive behavior makes continued
intellectual development more difficult.The research described here was supported by Grant MH-34410 to
Leonard D. Eron and MH-38683 to L. Rowell Huesmann from the
National Institute of Mental Health.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/83384/1/1987.Huesmann_etal.IntellectualFuncning&Aggr.JourofPersonality&SociPsych.pd