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Emotional Intelligence And Decision-Making As Predictors Of Antisocial Behavior
<p>Problem</p> <p>Antisocial behaviors in the general population are not well understood and little studied, however, their acceptance is becoming more normalized and accepted by society. This present study intended to focus on the contributing factors of emotional intelligence and decision-making …
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Psychological and Sociological Mechanisms Linking Low SES and Antisocial Behavior
Antisocial behavior, both criminal and noncriminal, is a prominent yet poorly understood public health concern. Research on antisocial behavior typically focuses on either individual or environmental risk factors, rarely integrating risks across levels of analysis. Although low objective SES is …
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Heart rate reactivity, aggression, anger, and antisocial behavior in dating males
This study assessed heart rate reactivity and antisocial characteristics, subjective report of anger, and family history variables in 18 aggressive and 18 non-aggressive undergraduate males in an attempt to test the generalizability of Gottman et al.'s (1995) investigation of cardiovascular …
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A Multilevel Exploration of Neighborhood Disorder, Family Management and Antisocial Behavior
… and neighborhood effects on parenting and child behavior have been focused on community structural characteristics. Even though there is much evidence to suggest that disorder can affect both individuals and communities alike there is a paucity of literature on how neighborhood disorder may …
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Aggressive antisocial behavior- clinical, cognitive, and behavioral covariates of its persistence
Introduction Aggressive antisocial behavior is a major challenge to society, and studies on the determinants of its persistence are essential to the development of strategies to prevent violence. Aims & Methods The overall aim of the thesis was to establish covariates of persistent aggressive …
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The effects of toy exposure on children's prosocial and antisocial behavior
… relationship between exposure to prosocial and antisocial toys and the subsequent effects on children's short-term prosocial and antisocial behavior. The behaviors examined were physical antisocial behavior, verbal antisocial behavior, physical prosocial behavior, and verbal prosocial behavior. …
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A Twin Study of Antisocial Behavior and Depression: Methodology, Etiology, and Comorbidity
… of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) and Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASPD) and the nature of their comorbidity in young adults. Data from a sample of 2,291 young adult male and female twins from the Young Adult Follow Up Study (YAFU) of the Virginia Twin Study of Adolescent Behavioral …
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Ostracism and Antisocial Behavior: The Role of Perceived Justice, Entitlement, and Anger
<p>Recent research has demonstrated that antisocial behavior following a general ostracism experience is mediated by increased feelings of entitlement (Poon, Chen, & DeWall, 2013) and anger (Chow, Tiedens, & Govan, 2008). However, this prior research has failed to determine whether ostracism in …
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Callous Unemotional Traits and Patterns of Antisocial Behavior Among Female Juvenile Offenders
… (CU) traits on the aggressive behavior and criminal offending of female juveniles committed to a secure juvenile justice facility. A history of physical abuse was examined as a potential moderator of these relationships. The deviant behaviors of peers were examined with respect …
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Hypnotically Induced Conflict in Relation to Subception, Repression, Antisocial Behavior and Psychosomatic Reactions
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-03T23:50:57Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 5801729.pdf: 7753359 bytes, checksum: 885fbcb31088cd78e52c071a8db41419 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1958
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Understanding Social Role Contributions to Antisocial Behavior in Adolescence and Adulthood: A Genetically Informed Approach
… factors thought to predict desistance from antisocial behavior. However, it is difficult to distinguish whether these social role transitions cause a reduction in antisociality or if individual differences in antisocial behavior lead to these differences prior to social role transition. We …
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The Relationship of Testosterone and 5-HT to Aggressive, Self-Aggressive, and Antisocial Behavior in Men
… aggression and T, as well as between T and antisocial and self-aggressive behavior. Other biological variables, including cortisol and brain serotonin, have been implicated as having an effect on the regulation of antisocial and self-aggressive behavior. Researchers have suggested that …
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Exploring Narcissism, Psychopathy, and Machiavellianism in Youth: An Examination of Associations with Antisocial Behavior and Aggression
… aggression, relational aggression, delinquency, behavioral dysregulation, and emotional dysregulation in a community sample of boys and girls (ages 11-17). Results indicated that the three personality traits were significantly correlated with each other, yet distinct. CU traits, narcissistic …
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An examination of the relationship between psychologically controlling parenting and antisocial behavior of emerging adults in the Faculty of Community and health Science (CHS)
… The main aim of parenting is to control the behavior of the child, but as the child matures the approach is more of monitoring and supervision rather than control. The aim of this study is to establish the prevalence of parental psychological control during the phase of emerging adulthood and …
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Self-report Measures of Psychopathic and Schizotypal Personality Characteristics: A Confirmatory Factor Analysis of Characteristics of Antisocial Behavior and Hypothetical Psychosis-Proneness in a College Sample
… (Factor 2) reflects a lifestyle of impulsive and antisocial behaviors. Further research into the factor structure of psychopathy has produced three, four, and even five-factor models of the construct (Cook & Michie, 2001; Lynam, 2002; Miller, Lynam, Widiger, & Leukefeld, 2001; Skeem, Mulvey, & …
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Self-report Measures of Psychopathic and Schizotypal Personality Characteristics: A Confirmatory Factor Analysis of Characteristics of Antisocial Behavior and Hypothetical Psychosis-Proneness in a College Sample
… (Factor 2) reflects a lifestyle of impulsive and antisocial behaviors. Further research into the factor structure of psychopathy has produced three, four, and even five-factor models of the construct (Cook & Michie, 2001; Lynam, 2002; Miller, Lynam, Widiger, & Leukefeld, 2001; Skeem, Mulvey, & …
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A Comparative Study of Social Behavior of Children: Kindergarten Through Grade Three as Identified by Teacher Rankings, the California Test of Personality and the Hewett Teacher Rating Scale
… ranking of children in three areas of social behavior: "socially adjusted" behavior, "antisocial" behavior, and "withdrawn" behavior and scores of the child on the related subsections of the California Test of Personality. </li><li> to determine the relationship that exists between the teacher …
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Pakartotinai įkalintų asmenų gyvenimo eigos ypatumai /
… influenced the onset and continuity of criminal behavior by examining the life histories of individuals. The developmental life-course approach and Moffitt's theory are used. Developmental and life-course criminology is concerned with three main issues: the development of antisocial behavior in …
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