To assess the effects of toy guns and toy airplanes on children's antisocial behavior, 4- and 5-year-olds (ten in Study I and 13 in Study II) were observed during 15-16 free play sessions. During experimental sessions children played either with (novel, aggressive) toy guns or with (novel, nonaggressive) toy airplanes in addition to their usual…

About 30 percent of American children are regularly involved as bullies, victims, or both. Despite this number, bullying behavior is rarely detected by teachers and is even less frequently taken seriously. The consequences of bullying are far reaching, from lower attendance and student achievement to increased incidence of violence and juvenile…

This paper assesses the impact that reading violent comic books has on hostile attributional bias using relationally aggressive scenarios. College students (N=85) read either very violent or mildly violent comic books. Participants rated the comic books on levels of violence, humor, interest level, and overall likeability. They also read five…

This booklet provides information on one of the most common and underrated problems of childhood--bullying. A study has shown that 15 to 20% of children are involved in bullying once or twice during a school year either as the bullying person or as the victim. The booklet reviews recent research on bullying, discussing who bullies and why, whom…

Presents opposing philosophies relating to the nature of aggression in man. One position advocates that human aggression is the product of evolution and is inherited, while the other proposes a cultural pattern model of aggression and uses two empirical tests in an attempt to disprove the genetic model. (JR)

The effects of magnitude of victim's pain cues, the subject's characteristic lead of aggressiveness, and the level of prior anger arousal on aggressive behavior was studied in the elementary school boys. (ST)

Results of this study provide strong evidence for the position that social aggressiveness can accurately be considered as a personality trait; that is, peer ratings of aggressiveness describe a recognizable component of a person's behavior which is consistent across situations. (Author)

The present experiment sought to investigate the hypothesis that exposure to nonhostile humor would be highly effective in reducing the level of aggression subsequently evidenced by angry individuals. (Author/RK)

Personality traits (aspects of aggression and sexuality) were measured for 70 Anglo-American and 70 Mexican-American children. Discussion concerns differences between the groups and developmental patterns. (DP)

Results are contrary to the expectation that father absence affects overt masculine behavior. (Authors)

This research tends to weaken the concept that black college students from the lower socioeconomic classes are more verbally aggressive. Instead, the results appear to support the notion that sex has more influence upon verbal aggression than does social class and that black females are not more aggressive than males as some white male researchers…

One hundred twelve teachers of emotionally disturbed children were asked to itemize principal behavioral problems and also to rate each child on the Behavioral Dimensions Rating Scale. (DB)

Co-observer evaluations affected the imitation of older children when they were alone, but not that of younger children. (Author)

Information available suggests that the media are rarely a major influence on the amount of violence and that they function as much to deter as to incite violence. Yet, if reports of violence affect expectations, then the nature of public protest as well as of official response will be influenced. (Authors)