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Relational Aggression, Overt Aggression, and Family Relationships
… sought to increase understanding of childhood aggression through the study of the relation between characteristics of family relationships and children's (mainly boys') use of physical aggression in the peer group. This study is a first step toward examining processes in the family …
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Correlates of verbal aggression and physical aggression among post- adolescent students
… study explored the correlation between verbal aggression and physical aggression among post-adolescent students, and included demographic factors such as biological sex, socioeconomic status, and the highest education level achieved by parents. The study is predicated on a paucity of evidence …
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Relational aggression and popularity
<p>ABSTRACT</p> <p>RELATIONAL AGGRESSION AND POPULARITY</p> <p>by</p> <p>LISA WOODCOCK-BURROUGHS</p> <p>May 2012</p> <p>Advisor: Dr. Jina Yoon, Ph.D.</p> <p>Major: Educational Psychology</p> <p>Degree: Doctor of Philosophy</p> <p>The purpose of this study was to examine the relation between …
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Cognitive mediators of aggression
… of aggressive behaviour (reactive and proactive aggression) relate to different stages in this model. Pilot Study I (n = 10) and II (n = 13) were carried out to develop an anger provoking laboratory aggression paradigm (Hand Slapping Game). Hypothesising that responding in this paradigm would be …
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Verbal aggression in sibling relationships
… further investigate the area of sibling verbal aggression. In order to research this area, students at West Virginia University and their siblings were asked to complete a questionnaire about verbal aggression. The results showed that self-reports of verbal aggression were consistent with other …
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Cyberbullying, Relational, and Social Aggression
<p>Cyberbullying is a relatively new phenomenon that has only begun to be significantly investigated within the last decade. To date, researchers have failed to develop a uniform definition or determine appropriate terminology. These deficits have inhibited a comprehensive understanding of the …
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Predictors of attributions of aggression
… instrumental and expressive attributions of aggression and locus of control, empathy and impulsivity and to explore the moderating effects of sex differences in such constructs. It was predicted that there would be sex differences in expressions of aggression; that men would view their own …
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Conditioned Aggression and Conditioned Punishment
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Violent video game exposure and physical aggression in adolescence: Tests of the General Aggression Model
<p>The General Aggression Model indicates that long term exposure to violent video games increases aggression by altering players' aggressive personality (Anderson & Bushman, 2002). In this dissertation, cross-sectional and longitudinal tests of this mediated relation were conducted to determine if …
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Structure of Aggression among Urban Youth: Competing Factor Models of Subtypes of Physical and Relational Aggression
Aggression has been demonstrated to pose a serious threat to the adaptive development of youth, with decades of research demonstrating the negative associations between aggression and other problem behaviors, both concurrently and predictively. However, despite this body of research, the current …
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Sibling Aggression: Associations with parenting styles, social dominance behaviour and co-occurring forms of family aggression
… aimed to explore the experience of sibling aggression. Previous research has focused on the prevalence, predictors and effects of siblings engaging in aggressive behaviours with one another. However, there is a distinct lack of evidence that has explored the experience of this form of family …
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Nurses' responses to work-related aggression
The incidence of work-related aggression as experienced by professional nurses has been extensively researched. The majority of studies reported have been conducted in nursing speciality areas includuig psychiatric hospitals, emergency departments,nursing homes, intensive care units and operating …
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Human Aggression and Sports Media Violence
… was designed to gain more perspective on human aggression and how sports media violence affects aggression levels. Anderson (1997) defined aggression as behavior that is intended to harm others or one's self. Anderson (2001) defined media violence as a portrayal of intentional harmful behavior …
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Effects of Oxytocin On Human Aggression
<p>EFFECTS OF OXYTOCIN ON HUMAN AGGRESSION</p> <h1>Joseph Louis Alcorn III, B.S.<strong></strong></h1> <p>Advisory Professor: Scott D. Lane, Ph.D.</p> <p>Human interaction is comprised of common, yet complex, behaviors and the outcomes of these social behaviors can beneficially or detrimentally …
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Aggression In Lesbian And Bisexual Relationships
… have overlooked the issue of same-sex partner aggression among lesbians and bisexual women. Through in-depth interviews with 19 women who identify themselves as either lesbian or bisexual, information was documented in this study demonstrating the severity of issues of power and control among …
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Interracial Aggression: Behavioral and Attitudinal Variables.
… and attitudinal variables of interracial aggression. Forty black and forty white female undergraduates were used as subjects. Subject race, target race, and anonymity served as the independent variables. Shock intensity, shock duration, and anticipated intensity and duration served as the …
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Female Aggression in Semi-contact Sports
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American Foreign Policy and Islamic Aggression
… in the Middle East is a leading cause of Islamic aggression against the United States, and if so, offer policy recommendations on what should be done to reduce this aggression. To make this determination I have performed extensive research and analysis of a wide variety of literature and open …
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