On the other hand, Huesmann and Eron [1989] and Huesmann and Moise [1998] have argued that individuals develop characteristic levels of aggression in childhood, and continuity means that there is a tendency to maintain their levels across time. Although substantial discontinuities no doubt occur, the notion is that such discontinuities are equally likely across the entire continuum of aggressive behavior. Using the three waves of data from the Columbia County Longitudinal Study, Huesmann and Moise [1998] divided participants into those who scored low on aggression at three time points (age 8, 19, and 30) and those who scored high on aggression at all three time points (median splits and ± 0.5 SD were used). Contrary to what some have proposed, continuity of aggressiveness did not appear to be a consequence of high-aggressive participants remaining high any more than low-aggressive participants remaining low.
