NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 3 results Save | Export
On the Microfoundations of the Link between Classroom Social Norms and Behavioral Development
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Veenstra, René; Lodder, Gerine M. A. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2022
This article focuses on the link between social norms and behavioral development as presented in research on norms regarding bullying and aggression. The aim is to present a conceptual framework for how classroom norms may explain children's decisions to defend others or refrain from defending. Norms emerge from group consensus about what is…
Descriptors: Behavior Standards, Social Behavior, Student Behavior, Classroom Environment
Why Interventions to Reduce Bullying and Violence in Schools May (Or May Not) Succeed: Comments on This Special Section
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Smith, Peter K. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2011
The research area around aggression and violence in schools, and especially that on school bullying, has grown enormously in the last 30 years. There are good grounds for concern about these issues, given the negative effects of school bullying on mental health and in the more extreme cases, links to suicides. Intervention and prevention programs…
Descriptors: Intervention, Violence, Bullying, Prevention
Subtypes of Aggressive Behaviors: A Developmental Perspective
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Vitaro, Frank; Brendgen, Mara; Barker, Edward D. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2006
Aggressive behaviors in children and adolescents have undergone important conceptual and definitional modifications in the past two decades. In particular, subtypes of aggression have been proposed that separate the form and the function of the aggressive behaviors (i.e., social vs. physical aggression; reactive vs. proactive aggression).…
Descriptors: Aggression, Infants, Children, Adolescents