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Peer reviewedInoff-Germain, Gale; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1988
Relations between hormone levels and aggressive behavior of adolescents in family interactions were examined. Higher estradiol and androstenedione levels were associated with higher degrees of aggressive behaviors in girls. Findings for boys were sparse. (PCB)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Aggression, Family Relationship
Peer reviewedHall, William Michael; Cairns, Robert B. – Developmental Psychology, 1984
Examines the role of modeling and social reciprocity in the regulation of young boys' aggressive actions. Tested in pairs, 100 first- and second-grade students were assigned to five experimental conditions differing in whether one or both boys saw a film depicting aggression directed toward persons or toward inanimate objects. (RH)
Descriptors: Aggression, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Films
Peer reviewedFagot, Beverly I.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1986
Tests the ability of 43 children, ranging in age from 20 months to 40 months, to discriminate between pictures of boys and girls and male and female adults. Compares children who passed this gender-task with those who failed it on three behaviors most often categorized as sex-typed: toy choice, aggression, and peer playmate selection. (HOD)
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior Development, Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Development
Peer reviewedRieder, Carolyn; Cicchetti, Dante – Developmental Psychology, 1989
Examined the relation between a history of maltreatment and cognitive control functioning in two groups of preschool and early school-age maltreated and nonmaltreated children. Maltreated children showed developmentally impaired cognitive control functioning on a number of tasks. (RH)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Age Differences, Aggression, Child Abuse
Peer reviewedYounger, Alastair J.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1986
Examines the roles of age of rater and age of children rated in grade-related shifts in children's perceptions of aggression and withdrawal. Shows that differences across grade level reported in children's peer rating largely reflect differences in the child raters' view of behavior. (HOD)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Aggression, Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Patterns
Peer reviewedHuesmann, L. Rowell; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1984
A longitudinal, cross-cultural field study was made to determine boundary conditions under which the television violence/aggression relation obtains, to determine intervening variables, and to illuminate the process through which television violence relates to aggression. Children from first through fifth grades in the United States, Australia,…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Aggression, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Influences
Peer reviewedHyde, Janet Shibley – Developmental Psychology, 1984
Provides a comprehensive meta-analysis of gender differences in aggression; offers estimates of the magnitude of differences; provides a developmental analysis of effects for all ages for which data are available; and includes a total of 143 studies. Basic techniques of meta-analysis are presented and then applied to analyze studies of gender…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Aggression, Correlation, Developmental Stages
