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Showing 1 to 20 of 81 for “"aggressive behaviour"”.
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Central vasopressin signalling and aggressive behaviour
… appear relevant to the production of complex behaviours, those that are important to the physiological regulation of behaviour, and so those that characterise individual styles of behaviour, are unknown. Vasopressin is the strongest candidate regulator of social behaviour. Experiments were …
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Exploring factors associated with aggressive behaviour in adolescents
This thesis examines the factors associated with aggressive behaviour in adolescents. It contains an introduction to the thesis. Chapter one contains a systematic literature review investigating the relationship between video game violence and aggressive behaviours in adolescents. The results of …
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Metabolic alterations in patients with self-inflicted aggressive behaviour
Self-inflicted aggressive behaviour is a cross diagnostic phenomenon of major clinical relevance in psychiatric setting. Accumulating evidence speaks for a role of metabolic and immunological factors in aggressive behaviour. The aim of this thesis is to enlighten the role of leptin, insulin, …
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Positioning the subject : a social psychoanalytical analysis of aggressive behaviour
This research project addresses aggressive and violent behaviour. It focuses on the question of the experiences of a research subject whose behaviour results from his inability to resolve the anxiety arising from his positioning in contradictory discourses. The relationship between his behaviour …
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The association between parental conflict and aggressive behaviour among young children in Botswana
… devastating effects on the well-being and social behaviour of children. In recent decades, aggressive behaviour has become a focus of scientific interest, mainly because it may be a risk factor for bullying later during children’s development. Aggressive behaviour among young children is related …
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Predicting the Use of Aggressive Behaviour among Canadian Amateur Hockey Players: A Psychosocial Examination
… have yet to be tested against athletes’ actual aggressive behaviour in sport and thus their predictive contribution to our understanding is still unknown. Consequently, the purpose of the current investigation was to assess the predictive influence of several commonly cited psychosocial …
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Self-injurious and aggressive behaviour in Angelman, Cri du Chat and Cornelia de Lange syndromes
… of operant reinforcement of phenotypic problem behaviours in Angelman, Cri du Chat and Cornelia de Lange syndromes was explored. Firstly, a systematic review of the literature highlighted papers with robust experimental functional analytic designs; providing appropriate methodology for the …
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Genetic and genomic studies of mouse and human NR2E1 in cortical disorders, aggressive behaviour, and psychiatric disease
Brain and behavioural disorders represent a leading cause of morbidity and suffering worldwide. The 'fierce' mouse has a spontaneous deletion of Nr2e1 that results in a complex phenotype that includes cortical hypoplasia and socially abnormal behaviours. Notably, functional protein and regulatory …
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The influence of investigator disturbance on aggressive behaviour and breeding success of ring-billed gulls (Larus delawarensis) /
… the effects of investigator disturbance on aggressive behaviour and breeding success of individual pairs of ring-billed gulls nesting at two colonies near Port Colborne, Ontario. The insular colony was on an artificial breakwall, associated with the Welland Ship Canal, approximately 1 km off …
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Exploring the relationships between gender, affective and cognitive empathy, and aggressive behaviour in young Western Cape children
… across the world. In South Africa, specifically, aggressive behaviour has increasingly become problematic. Aggression can be regarded as antisocial or offending behaviour. Aggressive behaviour usually results in unfavorable consequences for both the victim and the assaulter. Although aggression …
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Control of testosterone secretion, musth and aggressive behaviour in African elephant (Loxodonta Africana) bulls using a GnRH vaccine
Aggressive behaviour with or without musth can constitute a serious management problem for captive and free-ranging African elephant bulls, and can endanger the lives of both animals and man where such elephants are kept. Generally, bulls in musth have to be restrained to such an extent that it …
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Examining the extent to which mobile bully-victim behaviour is a consequence of social integration or aggressive behaviour
… and Communications Technology, bully-victim behaviour does not only take place in physical environments such as schools, but it takes place anywhere, anytime (24/7) on Mobile Social Networks. In 2011, a cyberbullying study by the Centre of Justice and Crime Prevention reported that 69.7% of …
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Teachers’ Perspectives on the Impact of the Coronavirus Lockdown on Children’s Aggressive Behaviour in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
… Saudi Arabian teachers’ perspectives on the behavioural impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on primary school students, with particular attention paid to the emergence and management of aggressive behaviour. Guided by social cognitive theory (Bandura, 1986) and ecological systems theory …
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Investigating correlates of aggressive behaviour in South African children and young adolescents living in the Western Cape: the role of empathy
… to inform strategies to reduce and prevent aggressive behaviour. Studies conducted outside of South Africa have identified numerous correlates of aggressive behaviour; investigation in South Africa has, however, been sparse. The role of empathy, in specific, has been limited to one prior …
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Factors that influence the competency of nursing staff in managing aggressive behaviour in mentally ill patients at a Mental Health Care Centre, Khomas region, Namibia
… cause disturbances in emotional, cognitive and behavioural functioning of mentally ill patients. Caring for mentally ill patients and managing their aggressive behaviour is done by mental health nurses and therefore, they should have certain competencies to competently manage aggressiOn. The …
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The effects of environmental complexity upon the aggressive behaviour and growth of juvenile brown trout (Salmo trutta L.) and the carrying capacity of the environment
… the effects of environmental complexity upon the aggressive behaviour and growth of juvenile brown trout (Salmo trutta L.) and the carrying capacity of the environment. Natural materials and various structures were used to provide environmental complexity. Aggressive interactions were found to be …
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Observational analysis study on the influence of the physical hospital environment on aggressive behaviour and the management thereof in an adult acute psychiatric admission unit
Aggression is a complex phenomenon that is influenced by a range of factors including individual patient factors, social-interactive factors and envirnmental factors. Many studies have tried and failed to demonstrate that changes such as physical environmental change, intensive case management, …
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Psichikos sveikatos slaugytojų agresijos patirtis ir požiūris į agresijos ir smurto valdymą ligoninėje /
… (79.1%), threatening verbal (53.5%), degrading aggressive behaviour (41.9%), provocative aggressive behaviour (34.9%), passive aggressive behaviour (30.2%), and threatening physical aggression (32.6%). Most rarely, nurses experienced sexual assault/rape (2.3%). The frequency of nurse incapacity, …
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Educational staff's responses to challenging behaviour of children with learning disabilities: the impact of diagnosis and clinical research portfolio
Background Current behavioural models of challenging behaviour suggest that the way in which difficult behaviour is managed by staff can serve to either reduce or maintain the behaviour in the long term (Hastings & Remington, 1994; Hastings & Brown, 2000; Hastings et al, 2003). Therefore, it is …
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Psychopathic Traits and Endocrine Function as Predictors of Costly and Non-Costly Reactive Aggression
… psychopathic personality traits, hormones, and aggressive behaviour, and psychopathic traits and endocrine function predict aggressive behaviour independently of each other.
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