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Worth, Megan R.; Smith, Stephen W.; Poling, Daniel V. – Beyond Behavior, 2021
Verbal aggression (VA) is the most prevalent form of aggression perpetrated, experienced, and witnessed by students, with victims experiencing a variety of adverse outcomes. Furthermore, VA is known to contribute to physical aggression, especially for students with emotional and behavioral disorders. Despite the high prevalence, researchers…
Descriptors: Special Needs Students, Emotional Disturbances, Behavior Disorders, Verbal Communication
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de Wied, Minet; van Boxtel, Anton; Matthys, Walter; Meeus, Wim – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2012
This study examined empathy-related responding in male adolescents with disruptive behavior disorder (DBD), high or low on callous-unemotional (CU) traits. Facial electromyographic (EMG) and heart rate (HR) responses were monitored during exposure to empathy-inducing film clips portraying sadness, anger or happiness. Self-reports were assessed…
Descriptors: Metabolism, Behavior Disorders, Adolescents, Empathy
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Farmer, Cristan A.; Aman, Michael G. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2009
Whereas some scales exist for assessing aggression in typically developing children, they do not give a detailed analysis, and none is available for populations with developmental disabilities (DD). Parents of 365 children with DD completed the Children's Scale of Hostility and Aggression: Reactive/Proactive (C-SHARP), which surveys the severity…
Descriptors: Aggression, Developmental Disabilities, Measures (Individuals), Factor Analysis