Information from the General Social Survey for the years 1973, 1975, 1976, and 1978 is used to develop victimization measures, acceptance of aggression, and expectations of assertive traits in children. The findings provided only slight support for a model which emphasizes the importance of traumatic events in attitude change. Age, occupational prestige, education, and military experience apparently are influential in determining attitude changes most likely to result from victimization. Appendixes contain the research instrument, information on sampling and probability, general coding instructions, prestige scores distribution, field work and interviewer specifications, and zero order gamma scores for the dependent variables. Thirty-five tables and 253 references are provided. (Author summary modified)