our own Columbia County Longitudinal Study [e.g., Eron et al., 1971; Huesmann and Moise, 1998; Huesmann et al., 1984], participants were interviewed at ages 8, 19, 30, and 48 between 1960 and 2000. Using structural modeling of a latent trait of aggressiveness over time, we [Eron and Huesmann, 1990; Huesmann et al., 1984; Huesmann and Moise, 1998] found disattenuated stability coefficients over 22 years from age 8 to 30 of .50 for males and .35 for females. We also have shown that the likelihood of being convicted of a crime by age 30 and the seriousness of the crime were significantly predicted by peer-nominated age 8 aggression [Huesmann et al., 2002].
