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DeRosa, Bill – Children and Animals, 1985
Addresses the problem of cruelty to animals from a research perspective. Studies of possible causes of childhood cruelty to animals are reviewed and common contributing environmental factors are identified. Implications for educators are discussed and directives for detection and prevention of cruelty are suggested. (ML)
Descriptors: Aggression, Animals, Behavior Problems, Behavioral Science Research
Peer reviewedTurner, Charles W.; And Others – Journal of Social Issues, 1986
Argues that field research can provide evidence about the long-term socialization and developmental effects of media violence on viewer's behavior. Summarizes findings from a number of quasi-experimental studies about the effects of naturally occurring media violence. Concludes that these findings are often consistent with the hypothesis that…
Descriptors: Aggression, Child Development, Children, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedHuesmann, L. Rowell; Malamuth, Neil M. – Journal of Social Issues, 1986
Discusses general issues that have shaped research on whether depictions of violence in television and other media significantly influence real-life aggressive behavior. Presents a theoretical framework for understanding media effects on the psychological processes of acquisition, maintenance, and emission of aggression. Outlines contents of this…
Descriptors: Aggression, Antisocial Behavior, Attribution Theory, Child Development
Download full textWestermeyer, Joseph; And Others – 1988
This paper is intended for teachers, faculty instructors, and clinical supervisors whose trainees are evaluating and treating refugee patients. It addresses special issues in the diagnostic and therapeutic interviewing of refugee patients who have experienced various types of physical violence and victimization. After a brief introduction, a…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Clinical Diagnosis, Counselor Training, Emotional Disturbances
Horowitz, Sandra V. – 1981
Several psychological theories are viable when examining the victims of intimate violence, specifically battered women. Although cognitive consistency models view individuals as striving toward balanced cognitive states, battered women can exist with the cognitive inconsistency of being harmed by men who love them. The theory of cognitive arousal…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Battered Women, Behavioral Science Research, Cognitive Processes
Westermeyer, Joseph; And Others – 1988
This paper, the second in a series, focuses on the content of the diagnostic interview, in a clinical context, with refugee patients who have been victimized by physical violence. It is organized around a list of 11 introductory questions that will facilitate discussion of traumatic events in the patient's past. The questions focus on: (1)…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Clinical Diagnosis, Counselor Training, Cross Cultural Training
