Download or read book Physiological and Social Cognitive Correlates of Preschool Physical and Relational Aggression written by Amy Lynn Gower and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Development of Relational Aggression written by Sarah M. Coyne and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-04-24 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research over the last few decades has revealed that individuals use a variety of mechanisms to hurt one another, many of which are not physical in nature. In this volume, editors Sarah M. Coyne and Jamie M. Ostrov turn their focus on relational aggression, behavior that is intended to cause harm to another individual's relationships or social standing in the group (e.g., gossiping, social exclusion, and spreading malicious rumors). Unlike physical aggression, the scars of relational aggression are more difficult to detect. However, victims (and their aggressors) may experience strong and long-lasting consequences, including reduced self-esteem, loneliness, depression, anxiety, and more. Over the past 25 years, there has been a growing body of literature on relational aggression and other non-physical forms of aggression that have focused predominantly on gender differences, development, and risk and protective factors. In this volume, the focus turns to the development of relational aggression during childhood, adolescence, and emerging adulthood. Here, Coyne, Ostrov, and their contributing authors examine a number of risk factors and socializing agents or models (e.g., parenting, peers, media, the classroom) that lead to the development of relational aggression over time. An understanding of how these behaviors develop will inform readers of important intervention strategies to curb the use of relational aggression in schools, peer groups, and in family relationships. The Development of Relational Aggression provides scholars, researchers, practitioners, students, and parents with an extensive resource that will help move the field forward in our understanding of the development of relational aggression for the future.

Download or read book Social Cognition and Relational Aggression written by Cara S. Swit and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Young children's social cognitive understanding of aggression and reasons for engaging in aggressive behaviour are often overlooked in aggression research. It is often assumed that preschool age children do not have the cognitive capacity to explain or justify their behaviour and there remains a paucity of appropriate measures of young children's social cognitive understanding of aggression. The aim of this study was to address preschool age children's use of relational aggression and the social cognitive processes that may underlie these behaviours through the development of a 'preschooler-friendly' measure with a view to understanding the reasons why children engage in aggression, as well as children's normative beliefs about, and behavioural responses to, relational and physical provocation. The study also assessed teacher and parent normative beliefs about, and intervention responses for different types of aggression to determine the relationship between children's cognitive processing and ecological factors. This study aimed to extend research by examining the socio-psychological factors of relationally and physically aggressive children in an Australian sample.

Download or read book Early Parenting and Children s Use of Relational Aggression in Preschool written by Juan Fernando Casas and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Towards a New Philosophy of Mental Health written by Drozdstoy St. Stoyanov and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2015-10-05 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume represents the results of the Sixteenth International Conference for Philosophy, Psychiatry and Psychology, entitled “Neuroscience, Logic and Mental Development”. This edited collection brings together selected plenary and keynote papers from the conference, and represents a major contribution to an interdisciplinary dialogue in mental health through the use of new philosophical tools, emerging from neuroscience, clinical psychology, phenomenology and epistemology. The papers gathered in this volume are divided into four parts, depending on their disciplinary paradigm. The papers included in Part I are focused on advances in neuroscience and neuroimaging as theoretical underpinnings for progress in psychiatric and psychological explanations. Special attention is paid here to the critical reappraisal of current approaches to the implementation of neuroscience in mental health. Some of these papers end with suggestions for modifications to contemporary research programs. The papers belonging to Part II contribute to the psychological understanding of mental disorders, particularly personality disorders. Parts III and IV trace the implications of phenomenology and epistemology for the improvement of an interdisciplinary pluralogue in psychiatry.

Download or read book The Wiley Blackwell Handbook of Childhood Social Development written by Peter K. Smith and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2022-03-16 with total page 866 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most up-to-date edition of a leading resource on the research and theory of the social development of children In the newly revised Third Edition of The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Childhood Social Development, a team of eminent researchers delivers a current and comprehensive discussion of the research and theory of childhood social development. With chapters written by an international collection of leaders in their respective fields, this edited volume offers robust coverage of a range of disciplinary perspectives, including psychological, sociological, anthropolgical, evolutionary, religious, cultural, ecological, athletic, and more. The latest edition offers brand-new chapters on helping children with autism, the impact of social networking platforms on childhood social development, the influence of mass media, war and famine, the climate crisis, and the influence of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Containing authoritative explorations of child social development from pre-school to the onset of adolescence, The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Childhood Social Development also provides: A thorough introduction to historical perspectives on the social development of children, including the conceptual and empirical precursors of contemporary social development research Comprehensive explorations of various disciplinary perspectives, including behavioral genetics, the brain and social development in childhood, and evolutionary perspectives on social development Practical discussions of the ecological contexts of childhood social development, including the relationship between the physical environment and social development In-depth examinations of culture and immigration, including the social development of immigrant children with a focus on Europe, and on Asian and Latinx children in the US. Perfect for advanced undergraduate and graduate students of courses in child psychology, human development, or educational psychology, The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Childhood Social Development will also earn a place in the libraries of researchers seeking a one-stop, comprehensive resource for the social development of children.

Download or read book Socio cognitive Physiological and Behavioral Predictors of Preadolescent Physical and Relational Aggression written by Megan June Gangel and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Historically, aggression has received much attention in the field of psychology, because of the immediate consequences and long-lasting implications of aggressive behavior for both the victim (e.g. Card, 2003) and the perpetrator (e.g. Coie & Dodge, 1988). However, research that has examined the predictors of aggression often has focused on a single form of aggression: either physical or relational aggression (e.g. Spieker et al., 2012). The present study examined a model of both physical and relational aggression in order to determine whether similar processes in middle childhood predict both forms of aggression in preadolescence. Since several theories highlight the role of children's individual abilities in preadolescent aggression, we considered whether socio-cognitive (Dodge, 1986), physiological (Calkins & Keane, 2004), and behavioral (Zelazo & Cunningham, 2007) factors in middle childhood were predictors of physical and relational aggression in preadolescence. Using behavioral, self-reported, and sociometric nomination indicators the relations among hostile attribution bias, difficulties of physiological regulation, weak executive functioning, and expressions of physical and relational aggression were examined in a longitudinal community-based sample of children aged 7 and 10. Specifically, the study used multivariate multiple regressions to examine the role of children's hostile attribution bias, respiratory sinus arrhythmia withdrawal, and executive functioning abilities as predictors of peer nominated physical and relational aggression in preadolescence. First, predictors of physical aggression were examined. Results demonstrated that children who had poorer executive functioning scores at age 7, received significantly more peer nominations of physical aggression at age 10. However, children's hostile attribution bias, RSA withdrawal, and the two-way and three-way interactions of these focal variables at age 7 did not predict children's use of peer nominated physical aggression at age 10. In contrast to the findings on physical aggression, the interaction of children's hostile attribution bias and their executive functioning abilities predicted their peer nominated use of relational aggression. Children who had better executive functioning scores at age 7 received significantly more relational aggression nominations at age 10 only when their hostile attribution bias increased. Perhaps, children who have better emotional problem solving skills are able to reassess and reframe their negative emotions and successfully plan more deliberate and covert relational aggression as a response to perceived threats. However, children's physiological regulation at age 7 did not predict their use of relational aggression at age 10. Children who may have developed more advanced regulatory skills used more peer nominated relational aggression because they did not need to rely on their basic emotional control abilities in order to cope with their emotional challenges. The current study adds to our understanding of the individual processes that contribute to the use of both physical and relational aggression in preadolescence."--Abstract from author supplied metadata.

Download or read book Social Cognition and Developmental Psychopathology written by Carla Sharp and published by . This book was released on 2008-09-04 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Social cognition refers to the capacity to think about others' thoughts, intentions, feelings, attitudes and perspectives. It has been shown that many children with psychiatric disorders have problems in social cognition. In this book, leaders in the fields of developmental psychopathology examine social cognition across a wide range of disorders.

Download or read book Psychophysiological Social cognitive and Emotional Correlates of Reactive Proactive and Normally Aggressive Behavior in Children written by Nancy R. Clanton and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Comparison of Relational and Physical Aggression Correlates in Young Children written by Jennifer L. Harman and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This project used inferential statistics to assess correlates of physical aggression and relation aggression in 103 children enrolled in early childhood programs in Alachua County Florida. The Expressive Vocabulary Test was used to assess expressive language abilities; the Preschool Social Behavior Scale- Teacher Form was used to assess levels of physical and relational aggression; and the Early Childhood Social Cognitions Interview and Relational Aggression Perspective Taking Questions were used to measure each participating child's level of perspective taking skills. Anticipated benefits of this project include (a) furthering knowledge of relational aggression correlates and possible predictors, (b) differentiating predictors and correlates of relational aggression from predictors and correlates of physical aggression, and (c) utilizing information regarding the correlates of relational aggression to make recommendations concerning the development of relational aggression intervention and prevention programs.

Download or read book Social Emotional and Psychophysiological Risk Factors for Aggression in Pre Adolescent Girls written by Kelsey Stiles and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conduct problems in youth, including aggression, constitute a significant and increasing public health burden. Despite replicated evidence that conduct problems in girls predict numerous poor outcomes (e.g., health, substance use), research on aggression is focused almost exclusively on boys, thus perpetuating significant gaps in knowledge about risk factors, explanatory processes, and outcomes in girls. In boys, threat-biased social information processing is a correlate of aggressive behavior, particularly reactive aggression (i.e., retaliatory response to perceived threat/provocation). Elevated trait negative emotionality, the dispositional tendency to experience negative affective states such as anger and sadness, is a transdiagnostic risk factor for emotional and behavioral problems that may plausibly interfere with social cognition to promote aggression. Individual differences in autonomic functioning, including respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA), are also replicated risk factors for emotional and behavioral problems, as aberrant psychophysiological responding can have pronounced effects on emotional reactivity and regulation. Despite theoretical rationale and empirical support from research with boys and men, the associations of social information processing, elevated trait negative emotionality, and RSA with respect to aggression in girls remain largely unknown. To inform models of aggressive behavior in girls, the goals of these dissertation studies were to evaluate individual differences in negative emotionality, social information processing, and psychophysiology (i.e., RSA) as correlates of conduct problems, including separate dimensions of aggression (e.g., relational aggression). Using a sample of ethnically diverse pre-adolescent girls, Study I evaluated trait negative emotionality and threat-biased encoding and interpretation processes as sequential predictors of conduct problems. Preliminary evidence suggested that the hypothesized chain reaction effect marginally predicted both reactive relational aggression and general aggressive behavior. In the same sample, Study II assessed initial RSA and RSA withdrawal (i.e., reductions in RSA, also referred to as RSA reactivity), during a novel social information processing task, as correlates of conduct problems. Excessive RSA withdrawal was associated with higher levels of reactive relational aggression, and RSA initial values were inversely associated with rule-breaking behavior. Although these findings largely align with previous findings from male samples, reactive physical aggression was generally unrelated to aberrant social cognition and individual differences in RSA, unlike previous evidence based mostly on boys. Collectively, these preliminary findings fill critical gaps in knowledge on aggression and conduct problems in girls, informing the design of future studies that can propel targeted prevention and intervention approaches that are specific to risk factors and processes in girls.

Download or read book Aggression and Adaptation written by Todd D. Little and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-02-22 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aggression and Adaptation raises thought provoking questions about interpersonal functioning within social groups. The reader may find him/herself entertaining thoughts about the nature of goodness as the chapters suggest that aggressive behavior can offer significant avenues for personal growth, goal attainment, and bolstering one's social standing. The volume brings to light alternative points of view to the prevailing orthodoxy that aggression equals pathology. Interdisciplinary in nature, the book features evolutionary, school, feminist, historical, and methodological perspectives. Adaptation is addressed at multiple levels, the first of which is ultimate causation. Four chapters cover the aggression-adaptation link from various evolutionary perspectives. Succeeding chapters focus on: adaptation as psychological adjustment; aggression in the peer system and the contexts in which these systems occur; and the self-other dialectic in societal context, highlighting that aggressive children are often well-embedded in the social network. Intended for researchers in developmental, evolutionary, social, personality, and educational psychology, as well as developmental psychopathologists, this book is also suitable for advanced courses on social-personality development, the psychology of violence, aggression, peer relationships, and human motivation.

Download or read book Bullying in Different Contexts written by Claire P. Monks and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-02-03 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bullying has a tendency to be associated with aggression between children in the playground, but bullying and abuse can also be observed in other social settings. Bullying in Different Contexts brings together, for the first time, leading international researchers to discuss these behaviours in a wide range of settings, including preschool, school, the home, residential care, prisons, the workplace and cyberspace. The authors provide background to the different contexts, discuss the impact and types of interpersonal aggression and the characteristics of those involved. A final chapter collates the findings from each context to draw conclusions on the similarities and differences between the behaviours, risk factors for involvement and theoretical approaches to explain bullying. This original volume will further our understanding of bullying and inform preventative and intervention work. The authors seek to show how research from diverse settings may inform our understanding of the bullying phenomenon as a whole.

Download or read book Developmental Psychopathology Risk Resilience and Intervention written by Dante Cicchetti and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2016-02-01 with total page 1155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examine the latest research merging nature and nurture in pathological development Developmental Psychopathology is a four-volume compendium of the most complete and current research on every aspect of the field. Volume Four: Genes and Environment focuses on the interplay between nature and nurture throughout the life stages, and the ways in which a child's environment can influence his or her physical and mental health as an adult. The discussion explores relationships with family, friends, and the community; environmental factors like poverty, violence, and social support; the development of coping mechanisms, and more, including the impact of these factors on physical brain development. This new third edition has been fully updated to incorporate the latest advances, and to better reflect the increasingly multilevel and interdisciplinary nature of the field and the growing importance of translational research. The relevance of classification in a developmental context is also addressed, including DSM-5 criteria and definitions. Advances in developmental psychopathology are occurring increasingly quickly as expanding theoretical and empirical work brings about dramatic gains in the multiple domains of child and adult development. This book brings you up to date on the latest developments surrounding genetics and environmental influence, including their intersection in experience-dependent brain development. Understand the impact of childhood adversity on adulthood health Gauge the effects of violence, poverty, interparental conflict, and more Learn how peer, family, and community relationships drive development Examine developments in prevention science and future research priorities Developmental psychopathology is necessarily interdisciplinary, as development arises from a dynamic interplay between psychological, genetic, social, cognitive, emotional, and cultural factors. Developmental Psychopathology Volume Four: Genes and Environment brings this diverse research together to give you a cohesive picture of the state of knowledge in the field.

Download or read book Trajectories of Physical Aggression from Toddlerhood to Middle Childhood written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Young Children s Reasoning about the Nature of Aggression written by Jessica Wollam Giles and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Contemporary Perspectives on Research on Bullying and Victimization in Early Childhood Education written by Olivia Saracho and published by IAP. This book was released on 2016-09-01 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While the research on bullying and peer victimization has increased considerably over the past 20 years, a number of studies are emerging that document mixed results of bullying and prevention programs. During the last decades, several special issues devoted to research on bullying and victimization have been published in national and international scholarly journals. Based on the increase of published articles on bullying and victimization in journals, textbooks, government reports, and documents in professional organizations, it is timely for a special volume on research on bullying and victimization to appear in the series on Contemporary Perspectives in Early Childhood Education. The purpose of this volume is to share a collection of research strands on bullying and victimization of young children. It describes the historical roots and suggests anti?bullying programs and strategies to decrease bullying and victimization. The bullying and victimization volume can be a valuable tool to researchers who are conducting studies in that area. It focuses on important historical and contemporary issues on bullying and victimization in early childhood education (ages 0 to 8) to provide the information necessary to make judgments about these issues. It also motivates and guides researchers to explore gaps on research on bullying and victimization.