An attempt is made to explain something of the origin of violence. The author distinguishes between private and collective violence and discusses matrices in which violence originates. (Editor)

Thirty three college students were arbitrarily given a number of electric shocks by an experimental partner for incorrect answers. Similarity between S and partner was then manipulated. The instigation to self-aggression is apparently greatest when high similarity is perceived between self and attacker. (Author/MF)

In summary, the results suggest that, with five-year-old children, more might be gained by structuring the task than by structuring the group." (Author)

The child's war game is an expression of how he experiences the world. Adults should not prohibit the war game, but rather should listen to it for clues to some of the problems and tensions the child cannot express verbally, and for opportunities to suggest alternatives to violence. (NH)

This paper is based upon a thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Ph.D. at Stanford University

Reviews the results of a longitudinal study on socialization and child aggression. Proposes that boys be exposed to the same training that girls have traditionally received, and that they be encouraged to develop similar socially positive, nurturant, and sensitive qualities that are antithetical to aggressive behavior. (Author/GC)

Since the study shows such a marked disagreement on what constitutes aggressive behavior, it is suggested that the suspension process be carefully reviewed. (Author)

Investigated stability and incidence of bullying and victimization. Studied links between bullying and victimization on the one hand and reactive and proactive aggression on the other. Found that bullies and bully/victims were both reactively and proactively aggressive, while victims were only reactively aggressive. Explored relevance of outcomes…

Tests A. Holtzworth-Munroe and G. L. Stuart's (1994) typology of male batterers in a community sample. Analyses based on severity of physical aggression, generality of violence, and psychopathology partially replicated the Holtzworth-Munroe and Stuart typology by identifying 3 types of violent men: family-only, medium-violence, and generally…

Assessed direct relations between three aspects of self-reported anger regulation and peer-rated social preference and aggression as well as indirect relations between these constructs as mediated by observed anger expression. Interviewed 274 second-graders following anger-arousing games. Found that anger regulation was only indirectly related to…

Two groups of incarcerated males aged 15-18 (four each) participated in conversation groups. The treatment group received specific conversational skills training. Results suggested that aggressive adolescents with learning disabilities may benefit from interventions designed to improve their conversational skills. (Conains 22 references.) (JOW)

Seventeen aggressive adolescents were assigned to a massage therapy group or a relaxation therapy group to receive 20-minute therapy sessions, twice a week for five weeks. The massaged adolescents had lower anxiety after the first and last sessions. By the end of the study, they also reported feeling less hostile and they were perceived by their…

This article acknowledges the need for multiple approaches in understanding the problem of adolescent male aggression and seeks to add to the research on this topic by analyzing information obtained from interviews with 15 aggressive boys and outlining prevention and intervention strategies. (Contains 27 references.) (Author)

Examined psychological aggression by self and partner, physical aggression by partner, and marital dissatisfaction as longitudinal predictors of instances of physical aggression during marriage from a sample of engaged couples. Found that psychological aggression by self and partner predicted initial incidents of physical aggression in marriage,…