Teachers are urged to view children with emotional disturbances as exhibiting behaviors that are either reactions to stress or the result of socialization experiences. Suggestions are given for coping with extremes of behavior, aggression and withdrawal, both of which may have multiple sources. (CL)

Focuses on some apparently evolved features of human adolescence and their possible functions, including the pubertal growth spurt, sexual size dimorphism and bimaturism, the greater aggressiveness of males, heightened concern with one's social standing and the factors affecting it, intergenerational friction, same-sex aggregations and solidarity,…

Provides the university and college counseling center with management suggestions for and discussion of malpractice suits regarding issues that refer to sexual abuse, potentially dangerous, and suicidal clients. (Author/RC)

Explored the consequences of continued exposure to pornography on beliefs about sexuality in general and on dispositions toward women in particular. Found that massive exposure to pornography resulted in a loss of compassion toward women as rape victims and toward women in general. (PD)

Reviews findings of two longitudinal studies on development of aggression. Observes that the process by which children learn violence from television is circular: i.e., aggressive children are unpopular and consequently spend less time with peers and more time watching television, which in turn, assures them that aggressive behavior is…

Investigated the effects of a provocation on aggression for three types of alcohol users. The results indicated that the provocation elicited significantly more feelings of hostility and verbal aggression. However, there were no significant level effects, nor a significant interaction between level of drinking and presence of a provocation.…

Presented children (N=96) aged 8-11 with verbal pain or nonpain stimuli contingent or noncontingent on a target response. Delivered stimuli within an aggressive or nonaggressive setting and with or without affect. Type of setting did not influence the behavior, but stimuli delivered in an affective manner did facilitate responding. (Author/RC)

Subjects (n=216) reported observations of, or participation in, violence involving parents or siblings, and predicted their own violent behavior in hypothetical situations. Results indicated that recollections of familial violence are significant predictors of self- reported violence and of self-predicted violence in hypothetical situations.…

Tests the relationship between social cognition and children's aggressive behavior. Aggressive and nonaggressive boys from grades 2, 4, and 6 were exposed to a frustrating negative outcome instigated by an unknown peer who acted with either hostile, benign, or ambiguous intent. (CM)

Tests the hypothesis that a child's activity preferences may predict subsequent changes in the child's aggression, insofar as activity preferences partly determine how much time the child spends in aggression-conducive situations. (Author/RH)

Control mothers reported stronger feelings of personal worth based on their perceptions of others' evaluations of them. Abusing mothers scored higher on feelings of social alienation. On the Self-Esteem scale, no significant differences were found between groups. (Author)

The author discusses violence directed toward teachers, addressing the following topics: administrative support for the battered teacher, where violence is most prominent, why there is an epidemic of violence, the attitudes of society toward violence, and programs to combat violence. An analysis of the Safe School Study concludes the article. (KC)