Explores links between aggression in elementary school children and their perceptions of self-efficacy as well as their response-outcome expectancies. (HOD)

Examines reasons children find superhero play so attractive and discusses how it relates to children's development. Also makes a case for allowing superhero play and suggests strategies to make such play a constructive experience for children. (KS)

Investigates the cumulative effect of repeated exposure of schoolchildren to antisocial models. Research results highlight the need to minimize models of misbehavior in the classroom and for teachers to manage the class in order to produce maximum exposure to good behavior models. (Author/CT)

Supported the hypothesis that the more employees perceive their supervisors as high in argumentativeness and low in verbal aggressiveness, the more the subordinates also will be argumentative (i.e., assertive) and have job satisfaction. (PD)

A program is described in which institutional staff were successfully trained to use behavioral principles with severely retarded aggressive adults. Group training (self-care instruction, token economy, social skills and activity programing) as well as individualized training are described along with such organizational aspects as team structure…

The current study examined peer nominated non-aggressive rejected children on their levels of social reasoning, anxiety, goals and perceptions of self-efficacy, and communication styles when collaborating with another peer. Sociometric measures were used to identify 15 average and 10 non-aggressive rejected 5th and 6th grade children. Pre- and…

This paper discusses the results of a study that investigated youth and adolescent psychosocial variables associated with community exclusion and whether there are consistent pathways of exclusion associated with those psychosocial variables or clusters of variables. The investigators obtained a complete set of demographic data on 35 adolescents…

This guide summarizes knowledge about how the police can help reduce bullying and violence in schools and provides measures to assess the effectiveness of problem-solving efforts. The guide draws on research findings and police practice from the U.S., the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the Netherlands, and Scandinavia. In section…

The present study was directed at evaluating the relationship between ADHD, ODD/CD, and other diagnoses in children who exhibit aggressive behavior. Six hundred eighteen children (436 boys and 182 girls), ages 9 to 13 participated in the project. Two hundred eight children (164 boys, 44 girls) were diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity…

This guide offers parents practical advice on dealing with bullies. It contains suggestions for the parents of victims and the parents of bullies. Part 6 deals with schools and what parents can do to get schools involved in this important issue. The full six parts are: (1) "Bullying: An Overview"; (2) "Victims"; (3) "Bullies"; (4) "What You Can Do…

The biology, the behavioral, the cultural, and the social dimensions of agression are reviewed in relation to the role of teachers in the role of learning about conflict and conflict resolution. (KM)

The factual basis for therapy and family advice urging "leveling" in the sense of giving fre expression to aggressive feelings is reviewed and results presented of a study which tested the hypothesis that verbal aggression is a substitute for physical aggression. Presented at National Council on Family Relations, 1973. (Author)

The primary aim of the present research was to study the inhibitory effects of self-awareness on physical aggression. A secondary aim was to determine whether an audience could successfully induce self-awareness and thereby inhibit aggression. (Author)

Elementary school children's parents responded to video-taped sequences portraying either an overactive, an underactive, or an average-active child. Generally supported hypotheses: (1) overactive children would be punished more severely than other children; (2) the label emotionally disturbed'' would influence adult responses, and (3) affect and…