Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Aggression in Children and Youth

  • Book
  • © 1984

Overview

Editors:
  1. Robert M. Kaplan

    1. Department of Community Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California at San Diego, San Diego, USA
      Center for Behavioral Medicine, San Diego State University, San Diego, USA

    View editor publications

    You can also search for this editor in PubMed   Google Scholar

  2. Vladimir J. Konečni

    1. Department of Psychology, University of California at San Diego, San Diego, USA

    View editor publications

    You can also search for this editor in PubMed   Google Scholar

  3. Raymond W. Novaco

    1. Program in Social Ecology, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, USA

    View editor publications

    You can also search for this editor in PubMed   Google Scholar

Part of the book series: NATO Science Series D: (ASID, volume 17)

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this book

Log in via an institution
eBook USD 169.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 219.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 219.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Other ways to access

Licence this eBook for your library

Institutional subscriptions

Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-VIII
    Download chapter PDF

  2. Methodological and Theoretical Issues

    1. Methodological Issues in Human Aggression Research

      • Vladimir J. Konečni
      Pages 1-43

    2. The Measurement of Human Aggression

      • Robert M. Kaplan
      Pages 44-72

    3. Development of Aggressiveness: A Motivation Theory Perspective

      • H.-J. Kornadt
      Pages 73-87

  3. Cognitive and Developmental Determinants of Aggression

    1. Contemporary Psychoanalytic Views of Aggression

      • Gian V. Caprara
      Pages 88-103

    2. Stability in Aggressive and Withdrawn, Inhibited Behavior Patterns

      • Dan Olweus
      Pages 104-137

    3. Developmental Issues in Attribution, Moral Judgement and Aggression

      • Brendan Gail Rule, Tamara J. Ferguson
      Pages 138-161

    4. The Antecedents of Anger: A Developmental Approach

      • Seymour Feshbach, Norma D. Feshbach, Robin S. Cohen, Michael Hoffman
      Pages 162-174

  4. Regulation of Anger and Aggression

    1. Social and Cognitive Skills Training: An Antidote for Adolescent Acting Out

      • Irwin G. Sarason, Barbara R. Sarason
      Pages 175-191

    2. Empathy, Empathy Training and the Regulation of Aggression in Elementary School Children

      • Norma Deitch Feshbach
      Pages 192-208

    3. Anger and Aggression Among Military Personnel

      • Raymond W. Novaco, Gregory L. Robinson
      Pages 209-247

  5. Mass Media Effects and Epidemiological Approaches

    1. Towards a Renewed Paradigm in Movie Violence Research

      • J.-P. Leyens, G. Herman, M. Dunand
      Pages 248-262

    2. The Function of Television in Childhood Aggression

      • Robert D. Singer
      Pages 263-280

    3. The Mass Media, Individual Characteristics, and Aggression Against Women

      • Neil M. Malamuth
      Pages 281-295

    4. Contributions of Aversive Experiences to Robbery and Homicide: A Demographic Analysis

      • Charles W. Turner, Allen M. Cole, Daniel S. Cerro
      Pages 296-342

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 343-367
    Download chapter PDF
Back to top

Keywords

About this book

Human aggression is a fascinating research topic, but it is of much more than academic importance. To a large extent, the quality of life and perhaps even world survival depend on an adequate understanding of human aggression. Family vi o­ lence (child battering and spouse abuse), rape, assault, armed robbery, murder, terrorism, and war are all instances of various types of aggression. The ability to regulate and control such acts could have a crucial contribution to the improvement of the quality of life. Aggressive acts in children and youth need to be under­ stood for three major reasons. First, most Western cultures are witnessing an increasing involvement in violence by youths. Second, the aggressive dispositions formed early in life may set the tone for or contribute to adult aggression. Third, the quality of childhood and the formation of personal­ ity are influenced by both the expression and inhibition of aggression. The regulation and control of aggression in children and youth can have a profound effect on the institu­ tions of the family and the educational system as well as on society at large. Most societies are dedicated to maintain­ ing harmony and to providing nonviolent solutions to human problems and social conflict. A substantial amount of knowledge has accumulated about aggression and its regulation from empirical research, theory, and clinical sources. Because of the social importance of aggression, the study of human aggression in children and youth has become a popular area for scientific research.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Community Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California at San Diego, San Diego, USA

    Robert M. Kaplan

  • Center for Behavioral Medicine, San Diego State University, San Diego, USA

    Robert M. Kaplan

  • Department of Psychology, University of California at San Diego, San Diego, USA

    Vladimir J. Konečni

  • Program in Social Ecology, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, USA

    Raymond W. Novaco

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Aggression in Children and Youth

  • Editors: Robert M. Kaplan, Vladimir J. Konečni, Raymond W. Novaco

  • Series Title: NATO Science Series D:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0665-0

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1984

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-247-2903-6Published: 31 December 1983

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-8278-7Published: 24 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-0665-0Published: 29 June 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0258-123X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 367

  • Topics: Developmental Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology, Psychology, general

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Back to top

Search

Navigation