Despite the precautions in subject selection many of the usual sex differences appeared, including boys' higher level of aggression toward peers. (MH)

Author, an editor-in-chief for the Seabury Press, gives his criteria. (SP)

An anthropologist states that man is a product of a unique evolutionary history. (Author)

This study tested Tompkins' ideo- affective resonance theory, according to which there is a love-affair between ideological belief and personal feelings." A theory that social behavior is a function of tendencies to help or hurt oneself and/or others" was suggested by results. (Author/DB)

Results of a factor analysis of the Conners Teacher Rating Scales for over 9,000 children provided preliminary evidence that hyperactivity and an aggressive conduct disorder can exist independently in children. (RH)

Seven professionals and paraprofessionals working with severely behaviorally disordered adolescents participated in relaxation training and systematic desensitation. Compared to a control group, Subjects reported a significant reduction in anxiety, demonstrated significantly fewer anxiety-related behaviors when working with students, and improved…

Examined effects of assertion training on aggressive adolescents' behavior. Ninth-grade students judged by peers to be aggressive were assigned to assertion training, placebo, and no-treatment control groups. Results showed that assertion training yielded significant improvement on the assertion scale, but had little effect on peer-judged…

Contingency management programs for modifying aggression in children are strong methods of short-term behavior change in treatment settings but are less than successful when transferred to other settings. Future research should compare cognitive with noncognitive behavioral programs and test the effectiveness of cognitive and noncognitive…

Assesses the effect of a neutral, an aggressive, and an erotic film on women's aggressive behavior. Some comparison with similar studies of men is offered. (JMF)