@article {Wilson:July 2008:0360-3989:392,
	author = "Wilson, Steven R.",
	author = "Roberts, Felicia",
	author = "Rack, Jessica J.",
	author = "Delaney, Julie E.",
	title = "Mothers Trait Verbal Aggressiveness as a Predictor of Maternal and Child Behavior During Playtime Interactions",
	journal = "Human Communication Research",
	volume = "34",
	year = "July 2008",
	abstract = "<I>This article explores associations between mothers' trait verbal aggressiveness (VA) and maternal and child behavior during playtime interactions. Forty mothers completed a 10-minute play period with one of their children (range &#61; 3-8 years) and then responded to D. A. Infante and C. J. Wigley's (1986) trait VA scale. Mothers' trait VA was associated positively (</I>r <I>&#61; .48) with their rate of directing and inversely (</I>r <I>&#61;&#8722;.44) with their child's rated cooperation. Qualitative analyses of a subset (</I>n <I>&#61; 8) of interactions suggest that mothers high in trait VA used directives to control the choice, rate, and duration of activities, and used physical negative touch along with directives, more than low-VA mothers. Behaviors associated with trait VA occur even during brief mother-child interactions in which triggers for aggressive behavior largely are absent.</I>",
	pages = "392-422(31)",
	url = "http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/bpl/hcre/2008/00000034/00000003/art00003"
	doi = "doi:10.1111/j.1468-2958.2008.00326.x"
}