The objective of the present paper was to assess associations between parental agressive behaviour and agressive behaviour in adolescents, as well as to define the possible correlation between the parental agression and the psychopathology presented by the adolescents.

We surveyed 100 adolescents in the age from 14 years to 16 years and their parents. Adolescents and their parents fullfilled set of self-rating scales. Adolescents completed the Overt agression check-list, Beck depression inventory and the Scale for evaluation of bullying behaviour in their schools. Their parents also completed Overt agression check-list and Beck depression inventory.

Adolescents who presented themselves as bullies in school had more agression in their families than those adolescents who were not involved in school violence. Also adolescents whose parents had high scores on the Beck depression inventory and had autodestructive impulses had statistically higher scores on the Overt agression check-list compared with other group of adolescents whose parents were not depressed. We documented that 17% of adolescents were victims of school bullying. Those adolescents had statistically significant higher scores on the Beck depression inventory than the adolescents who were not involved in the school violence.

The present study revealed that the level of agression in families has influence on the agressive behaviour of adolescents in their schools.