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Peer reviewedVisintainer, Paul F.; Matthews, Karen A. – Child Development, 1987
Children's Type A behaviors remained moderately stable over time. The magnitude of the stability did not differ as a function of two versus five years of follow-up, or because of the sex, grade, or community in which the child lived. (PCB)
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior Change, Behavior Development, Children
Download full textRoom, Robin, Ed.; Collins, Gary, Ed. – 1983
These conference proceedings consider the major lines of evidence on the nature and locus of the alcohol-disinhibition link. The first day's papers, commentaries and discussions are centered on physiological and behavioral links; social-psychological research; historical ideas on alcohol, crime, and accidents; and anthropological perspectives on…
Descriptors: Aggression, Alcoholism, Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Change
Peer reviewedNorthup, John; And Others – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1991
Functional analysis conducted during a 90-minute evaluation session identified maintaining variables for aggressive behavior and an alternative replacement response in 3 individuals with severe handicaps. During a subsequent contingency reversal phase, aggressive behavior was substantially reduced and alternative behavior increased. Results…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Aggression, Behavior Change, Behavior Problems
Bluestone, Michael A. – 1984
Physical aggression among institutionalized mentally retarded persons arouses great social concern. To examine the effectiveness of four-point mechanical restraints and a positive adaptive symbol program in the reduction of high frequency, high intensity aggression, three institutionalized severely mentally retarded adolescents (2 females, 1 male)…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Aggression, Behavior Change, Behavior Modification
Peer reviewedBerkowitz, Leonard – American Psychologist, 1990
Proposes a cognitive-neoassociationistic model to account for the effects of negative affect on the development of angry feelings and the display of emotional aggression. Summarizes psychological studies that indicate that attention to one's negative feelings can lead to a regulation of the overt effects of the negative affect. (FMW)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Aggression, Anger, Association (Psychology)
Peer reviewedDay, Richard C.; Ghandour, Maryam – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1984
Investigates the effect of television-mediated aggression and real-life aggression on the behavior of Lebanese children. Observations made of 48 boys and 48 girls six to eight years of age revealed that boys as a group were more aggressive than girls and exhibited more imitative aggression. Girls were more violent after viewing real-life violence.…
Descriptors: Aggression, Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Change, Cross Cultural Studies
Peer reviewedSachs, John J.; Miller, Sidney R. – Behavioral Disorders, 1992
The impact of a modified wilderness program on the cooperative and aggressive behaviors of seriously emotionally disturbed adolescents was evaluated in the context of self-efficacy theory. Results indicated that participating adolescents showed a significant increase in cooperative behaviors and that direct observation procedures were more…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adventure Education, Aggression, Behavior Change
