Early Neglect Predict Aggressive Behavior

A new study out of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill shows that children neglected before the age of two display higher levels of aggressive behavior between the ages of 4 and 8.

A child was considered neglected if his parents or caregivers did not provide supervision or food, clothing, or shelter. Abuse was sexual or physical.

The aggression was defined as arguing, cruelty to others, destruction of property, disobedience, and threatening of fighting. It was based on the primary caregiver’s perceptions when the child was 4,6, and 8.

I wonder what they would find if they interviewed parents of children from Russian, Chinese, and other Eastern Block orphanages?