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result, she or he tends to become depressed. Davidson and Neale 225 describe that depression is an emotional state marked by great sadness and fear, low self-
esteem, and guilt. Santrock 343 mentions that many depressed children display aggression. Similar to Santrock, Davidson and Neale 226 says that depression in
children results in their being overly active and aggressive.
1. Children whose Parents are having Marital Problems
The age of parents is influential in determining their attitudes toward the child. Young mother that has difficulties to adjust to marriage usually result in
emotional instability and emotional immaturity. Hurlock 508. Furthermore, Hurlock 501, also explains that when the mother has emotional problem, the
child is likely to suffer more from behavior disorder. Montgomery et al 177 says that a mother as a caretaker has the duty to form the emotional attitude of a child
in early years. Furthermore, Montgomery et al 177 explains that “A negative emotional attitude, characterized by lack of warmth and involvement increases the
risk that the child will later become aggressive and hostile toward others.” John Bowlby as cited in Santrock 343 says parents that give insecure attachment, a
lack of love and affection in raising their children built negative effect. The child will easily be depressed.
Joan McCord in Berkowitz 242 says that if the family becomes disarranged because of a divorce or being separation, this may influence children
to behave aggressively. Parents’ conflict that can result in divorce will cause the children to act as aggressors.
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2. Children that are having Emotionally Unavailable Parents
Having lack of affectional relationships with parents affects in child’s personality unfavorably and interferes with the child’s adjusments Hurlock 482.
Emotionally unavailable in the form of lack of affectional relationship with parents is a rejection behavior of a child. According to Sydmonds as cited in
Hurlock 508 the children that do not covered with affection and pleasant relation with their parents is typed of rejectant attitude of parents.
Furthermore, Baumrid as cited in Berkowitz 234 explains that skeptic and unfriendly parents often raise depressed children. Berkowitz 66 explains that
because of pain and anger, a person behaves aggressively as a stimulation of those negative emotion. Berkowitz 228 says parents’ rejection clearly hurts the
children. Furthermore, because of having frigid and indiferent parents, children behave aggressively. Hurlock 509 says young children who feels rejected will
become anticosial child in the form of aggression.
3. Children that are being Physically Abused
