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Our interest in early indicators of social relationships grows out of research on aggressive behavior, and we seek to add to the knowledge of its forms and causes and of possible ways to regulate it. Our studies of aggressive behavior stem from a more general interest in the processes that regulate personality development and adaptation. Within this framework, the studies that we present here show that the various manifestations of aggression represent valuable indicators of the individual’s relationship with reality and hence of his or her capacity for adaptation (Caprara, 1972). Although this approach is hardly new in psychodynamic and personality research, it is one that remains as yet very underdeveloped, as seen in the frequent ambiguity of the term aggression and the generic nature of the concept of adaptation. As a result of this, the findings of our research will hopefully provide an original contribution to this field.
This research was supported in part by a grant from the Ministero della Pubblica Istruzione for 1989–1990
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Caprara, G.V., Pastorelli, C. (1992). Early Determinants and Correlates of Aggressive Behavior. In: Fra̧czek, A., Zumkley, H. (eds) Socialization and Aggression. Recent Research in Psychology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-84653-3_7
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