Religious commitment is found to differentiate levels of both communication and physical violence for both wives and husbands in Quaker families. High levels of peace activism are associated with low levels of marital violence for wives but with high levels for husbands, which suggests that commitment to Quaker principles is confounded with…

Examined the differential validity of teacher ratings of Inattention/Overactivity and Aggression among 48 clinic-referred boys. These ratings were correlated with observations undertaken in three different classroom settings. Results indicated that the teachers were able to differentiate significantly between these externalizing behaviors in the…

Studies the aggressiveness of over 600 subjects, their parents, and their children over a 22-year period. Subjects who were more aggressive 8-year-olds were more aggressive 30-year-olds, exhibiting serious antisocial behavior as adults. The stability of aggression across generations within a family was also high. (Author/CB)

Indicate that male college students viewing five R-rated movies depicting violence against women came to have fewer negative emotional reactions to the movies, to perceive them as significantly less violent, and to consider them significantly less degrading to women. (PD)

Subjects, 139 first- through sixth-grade teachers, read a vignette of a hypothetical emotionally disturbed student and responded to an attitudinal survey. Teachers responded most negatively toward aggressive and least negatively toward withdrawn students. Teachers expressed more concern for mainstreamed students, less concern for others, and the…

Twenty male and twenty female third graders expected boy characters to retaliate more strongly than girl characters when intervening in an attack upon a friend and girl characters to retaliate more strongly than boys when being verbally or physically assaulted. (Author/KH)

As boys and girls develop individual physical skills and learn in games and sports how to compete with one another playfully, they will be on the way toward learning to relate constructively in marriage, business, professions, and politics. (MM)

Since September 11, 2001, Americans have experienced a heightened sense of awareness and consciousness over the threat of terrorism against the United States. Terrorism experts agree that a terrorist attack on a school is a viable option for Al Qaeda and other terrorist organizations. In response to this threat, the National Association of School…

Occasions where children oppose each other have been viewed as promoting intellectual development through their association with "transactive" dialogue. Yet such occasions have also been regarded as causing problems for social relations through their association with aggression. Although it is inconceivable that the intellectual and…

Physical aggression in dating relationships has become a serious problem. Because knowledge of violence in marital relationships has expanded to include dating relationships, some of the attitudes of college students toward violent behavior in dating relationships are examined here. Also discussed are ways in which demographics and life history…

While it might appear to be a harmless rite of passage, bullying can have deadly consequences for some school children. Reports from Norway, England, and Japan indicate that children have allegedly committed suicide following episodes of severe bullying. Researchers agree that bullying is worldwide in scope and negatively impacts the general…

This book is designed to help adolescents deal with their interpersonal relationships. It utilizes personal stories of teenagers who have experienced difficulties in their own lives to discuss various issues. Specifically, this book discusses how teens can: set physical and emotional boundaries that make them feel comfortable and will keep them…

Terrorism stirs up intense reactions of horror, confusion, sadness, fear, and anger. In the coming months, children and adults alike will be struggling to find meaning for the disaster that befell America on September 11, 2001. This curriculum is about the destructive nature of hatred and wrongful attribution. The curriculum stresses that many…

Findings from the first round of evaluation of an afterschool youth development program are presented. This program, the 4H Afterschool Activity Program, incorporated a specific curriculum of aggression reduction, the BrainPower program, into its ongoing activities, which cover a wide range from homework assistance to arts and crafts. The…