This study based on in-depth interviews of 25 parents of violent children and a control group of 25 parents of nonviolent children concerned the parents' personalities. Parents were between 22 and 48 years of age and were from middle and lower middle socioeconomic backgrounds. Differences in classification by the non-blinded interviewers of parents into the two groups on six behavior characteristics were significant on χ2 tests. Some recommendations are made for further research.
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