Approximately 32% of dating college females reported that they engaged in physical aggression against their partners and that they engaged in acts of physical aggression more often than their male partners engaged in aggression against them. However, the females also reported that their male partners attempted to force them to engage in oral sex…

In this article the authors review research on highly stressful environments that are known to support the development and display of aggressive behavior in childhood, adolescence, and beyond. They also examine some of the mechanisms through which such stressful environments may influence adolescents' aggressive behavior. The review concentrates…

Aggression and violence in the United States remain vexing problems that require several key responses. First, universal prevention programs and targeted treatment strategies for people at risk of aggressive behavior are needed to address the established link between mental illness and the potential for violence. Sadly, many perpetrators of gun…

Research indicates a national trend of increasing violence among the juvenile population. This study examines and profiles adolescent restraining order defendants in one state. The study includes all adolescent defendants between the ages of 11 and 17 who had a restraining order issued against them during a 10-month period. This study examined the…

Differences in the effectiveness of a school-based prevention-with-intervention and a prevention-only program for aggressive children were examined. A total of 32 teacher-referred children, matched on externalizing behavior, age, and sex, were randomly assigned to either a treatment group which received both the prevention and intervention…

This article discusses the problems and conflicts faced by black college students and the ways in which they are expected to react or cope with the problems. (RC)

Two experiments assessed the effect of individual differences on aggression. (Editor)

A field experiment was conducted to determine the effects of expression of verbal aggression on subsequent verbal aggression of angered and nonangered subjects. (Editor)

The role of women as sexual victims has been recognized and documented in cultural and social history. However, men too can be the victims of unwanted and aggressive heterosexual behavior. This study explored the incidence of sexually aggressive behaviors performed by women (N=212) who were students in sexuality classes. Specifically, three…

Research in the area of anger has traditionally been pursued from a reductionist and empiricist perspective and has taken place mainly on an individual level. The reductionist approach defines anger as an experience with physiological, cognitive, and behavioral components which can be defined and assessed. This approach ignores the phenomenology…

President Ronald Reagan was outspoken concerning criticisms of the Soviet government and at one time described the USSR as an evil empire. This type of diabolical enemy image has been identified as a war-promoting perception. This present study was designed to identify the underlying values which are associated with attitudes congruent with the…

Alcohol consumption is often associated with aggressive behaviors. This study compared the contexts and reasons for drinking of maritally violent men (N=44) and three maritally nonviolent comparison groups: happily married men (N=54), unhappily married men (N=41), and men who had been convicted of a violent offense, but who did not beat their…

The interdisciplinary process is described through a series of case studies of seven persons with severe mental retardation in community group home residences. The clients exhibited a variety of maladaptive behaviors, including aggression, self injurious behavior, and tantrums. The studies describe an approach in which each client's behavior is…