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Few studies have examined the importance of childhood maltreatment independent of SIP in the etiology of adult aggression. Furthermore, moderating effects of childhood maltreatment on the SIP\u2013aggression links have not been explored.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S0033291711002212_sec_a002\"><jats:title>Method<\/jats:title><jats:p>Hierarchical, multi-level models were fitted to data from <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>=2752 twins aged 20\u201355 years from the PennTwins Cohort. Adult aggression was assessed with the Life History of Aggression questionnaire. Childhood maltreatment was measured using the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire. Two aspects of SIP were examined: hostile attribution biases (HAB); negative emotional responses (NER).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S0033291711002212_sec_a003\" sec-type=\"results\"><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Childhood maltreatment was positively correlated with adult aggression, independently of HAB and NER. In addition, childhood maltreatment moderated the relationships between both aspects of SIP and adult aggression. Specifically, the relationship between NER and aggression was stronger among individuals with higher levels of childhood maltreatment and NER was not associated with aggression for adults who experienced low levels of childhood maltreatment. Moderating effects of childhood maltreatment on the NER\u2013aggression link were supported for total childhood maltreatment, emotional neglect and emotional abuse. In contrast, HAB was more strongly associated with adult aggression at lower levels of emotional abuse and physical neglect.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S0033291711002212_sec_a004\" sec-type=\"conclusion\"><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>The current study provides insight into the mechanisms by which early life experiences influence adult aggression. 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