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Direct linkCavell, Timothy A.; Elledge, L. Christian; Malcolm, Kenya T.; Faith, Melissa A.; Hughes, Jan N. – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2009
We used data from a randomized clinical trial to examine the degree to which relationship quality predicted outcomes for aggressive children in two different mentoring programs. Data were available for 145 aggressive children in Grades 2 and 3. Children were blocked by school and randomly assigned to PrimeTime (n = 75) or Lunch Buddy (n = 70)…
Descriptors: Mentors, Grade 2, Aggression, Peer Relationship
Kaufmann, Dagmar R.; Wyman, Peter A.; Forbes-Jones, Emma L.; Barry, Jason – Journal of Community Psychology, 2007
This study examined the relationships between prosocial involvement (PI), antisocial peer affiliations (APA), and the degree of their overlapping or independent prediction of behavior problems in urban adolescents. Two dimensions of behavior were assessed at ages 9-11 and at ages 13-15: disruptive, aggressive conduct and number of delinquent…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Delinquency, Prevention, Risk
Estell, David B. – Education and Treatment of Children, 2007
While much work has shown that aggressive and disruptive behavior in schools may be reinforced by friends and, for some individuals, enhanced social status in the classroom, few studies have examined these phenomena at school entry. This study sought to examine aggressive behavior patterns in kindergarten children in relation to other individual…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Individual Characteristics, Social Status, Aggression
Rescorla, Leslie A.; Achenbach, Thomas M.; Ginzburg, Sofia; Ivanova, Masha; Dumenci, Levent; Almqvist, Fredrik; Bathiche, Marie; Bilenberg, Niels; Bird, Hector; Domuta, Anca; Erol, Nese; Fombonne, Eric; Fonseca, Antonio; Frigerio, Alessandra; Kanbayashi, Yasuko; Lambert, Michael C.; Liu, Xianchen; Leung, Patrick; Minaei, Asghar; Roussos, Alexandra; Simsek, Zeynep; Weintraub, Sheila; Weisz, John; Wolanczyk, Tomasz; Zubrick, Stephen R.; Zukauskiene, Rita; Verhulst, Frank – School Psychology Review, 2007
This study compared teachers' ratings of behavioral and emotional problems on the Teacher's Report Form for general population samples in 21 countries (N = 30,957). Correlations between internal consistency coefficients in different countries averaged 0.90. Effects of country on scale scores ranged from 3% to 13%. Gender effects ranged from less…
Descriptors: Emotional Problems, Behavior Problems, Aggression, Hyperactivity
Reitz, Ellen; Prinzie, Peter; Dekovic, Maja; Buist, Kirsten L. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2007
The purpose of the present study was to examine the direct and indirect effects (through peer contacts) of parental knowledge on adolescents' delinquent and aggressive problem behavior, using latent growth curve modeling. A sample of 457 13- to 14-year old adolescents at first measurement wave (M = 13.27; SD = 0.45 years) filled out questionnaires…
Descriptors: Intervals, Child Rearing, Gender Differences, Delinquency
Lamarche, Veronique; Brendgen, Mara; Boivin, Michel; Vitaro, Frank; Dionne, Ginette; Perusse, Daniel – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2007
This study examined (a) the predictive link between peer victimization and children's reactive and proactive aggression, and (b) the potential moderating effect of reciprocal friends' reactive and proactive aggression in this context. The study also examined whether these potential moderating effects of friends' characteristics were stronger with…
Descriptors: Friendship, Aggression, Children, Comparative Analysis
van Goozen, Stephanie H. M.; Fairchild, Graeme; Snoek, Heddeke; Harold, Gordon T. – Psychological Bulletin, 2007
Children with persistent antisocial and aggressive behavior are diagnosed as having disruptive behavior disorder. The authors review evidence that antisocial children, and especially those who persist with this behavior as they grow older, have a range of neurobiological characteristics. It is argued that serotonergic functioning and…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Children, Aggression, Behavior Disorders
Exposure to Domestic and Community Violence in a Nonrisk Sample: Associations with Child Functioning
Malik, Neena M. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2008
Limited data exist on the unique, additive, and interactive effects of exposure to domestic and community violence on children's functioning, particularly in community samples. This study examined relations between children's violence exposure, at home and in the community, and symptoms of externalizing and internalizing problems. Parents reported…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Family Violence, Child Behavior, Depression (Psychology)
Lopez, Estefania Estevez; Perez, Sergio Murgui; Ochoa, Gonzalo Musitu; Ruiz, David Moreno – Journal of Adolescence, 2008
The present study examined the influence of family and classroom environments on the development of particular individual characteristics, including level of empathy, attitude to institutional authority and perceived social reputation, and the role these characteristics may in turn play in school aggression. Participants were 1319 adolescents aged…
Descriptors: Individual Characteristics, Aggression, Females, Foreign Countries
Timmermans, Maartje; van Lier, Pol A. C.; Koot, Hans M. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2008
Background: Health risk behaviors like substance use (alcohol, tobacco, soft/hard drugs) and risky sexual behavior become more prevalent in adolescence. Children with behavior problems are thought to be prone to engage in health risk behaviors later in life. It is, however, unclear which problems within the externalizing spectrum account for these…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Aggression, Drug Use, Late Adolescents
Anselmi, Luciana; Barros, Fernando C.; Teodoro, Maycoln L. M.; Piccinini, Cesar A.; Menezes, Ana Maria B.; Araujo, Cora L.; Rohde, Luis A. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2008
Background: All previous longitudinal community studies assessing the continuity of child behavioral/emotional problems were conducted in developed countries. Method: Six hundred and one children randomly selected from a Brazilian birth cohort were evaluated for behavioral/emotional problems through mother interview at 4 and 12 years with the same…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Social Problems, Emotional Problems, Aggression
Sakimura, Jean N.; Dang, Michelle T.; Ballard, Kelley B.; Hansen, Robin L. – Journal of School Health, 2008
Background: This study assessed the co-occurrence of cognitive problems and difficult temperament characteristics in children aged 3 to 5 years exhibiting aggressive behavior. Methods: Thirty-one children with high ratings on the Aggressive Behavior subscale of the Achenbach Child Behavior Checklist or Teacher Report Form were recruited from a…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Aggression, Persistence, Sleep
Davenport, Becky R.; Hegland, Susan; Melby, Janet N. – Early Child Development and Care, 2008
A stratified sample of 34 three-year-old to five-year-old boys and their parents (30 mothers) was observed in their homes during free-play and problem-solving interactions. Observer-ratings of behaviors of parents in each interaction were examined in relation to teachers' ratings of the boys' problem behaviors in a childcare setting. Parent…
Descriptors: Play, Parent Child Relationship, Problem Solving, Interaction
Download full textBrown, Kelly; Shaw, Geraldine – 1997
This study sought to determine whether there is a correlation between depression and aggression in adolescents. Subjects, 41 eleven-year-olds and 22 fifteen-year-olds, completed the Brown Aggressive Tendencies Inventory and the Children's Depression Inventory. The effect of demographic factors such as gender, age, socioeconomic status, and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Aggression, Behavior Problems
ELLIS, DESMOND P.; HAMBLIN, ROBERT L. – 1966
SYSTEMS OF EXCHANGE - USING THE EXTINCTION, DISTRACTION, AND SUBSTITUTION EFFECTS SYSTEMS - WERE IMPLEMENTED TO DECREASE AGGRESSION AND PROMOTE COOPERATION AND SCHOLARLY BEHAVIOR, THREE SYSTEMS WERE TESTED USING EXCHANGE THEORY AS A GUIDE. THE SUBJECTS WERE FIVE 4- AND 5-YEAR-OLD BOYS DIAGNOSED AS HYPERAGGRESSIVE. EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS INCLUDED…
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior Problems, Conditioning, Program Development
