Lefkowitz / Eron / Walder Growing Up to Be Violent

A Longitudinal Study of the Development of Aggression
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4831-8174-5
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Web PDF

Growing Up to be Violent: A Longitudinal Study of the Development of Aggression deals with the study of psychosocial development concerning aggressive behavior in third-grade schoolchildren and their upbringing. The design of the study is longitudinal-a follow-up research has been made when the children reached the twelfth grade. The book explains that certain child-rearing practices and some environmental factors can be predictors of aggressive behavior during young adulthood. The text also reviews the various theories of aggression including the theory of innate aggressiveness and the social learning of aggression. The book discusses the roots of aggression, the four classes of environmental variables (instigators, punishment, identification, sociocultural variables), as well as, sex differences and perinatal complications in aggression. The book addresses the effects of television in the development of aggressive behavior: that television can incite aggression and present certain ways of practicing aggressiveness. The book points that young adults who were intelligent, popular and polite as young children have positive social position as young adults. This book can prove insightful for psychiatrists, psychologists, behavioral scientists, child educators, students or professors in psychology, and for parents of young children.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lefkowitz, Monroe M.

Eron, Leonard D.

Walder, Leopold O.

Goldstein, Arnold P.

Krasner, Leonard

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Front Cover;1
2;Growing Up to be Violent: A Longitudinal Study of the Development of Aggression;4
3;Copyright Page;5
4;Table of Contents;6
5;Preface;8
6;Chapter 1. Theories of Aggression;12
6.1;SEMANTICS OF AGGRESSION;13
6.2;AGGRESSION AND THE NATURE OF MAN;15
6.3;THE NATURE OF MAN AND THE SOCIAL COMPACT;16
6.4;INNATE AGGRESSIVENESS;19
6.5;A CRITIQUE OF THE THEORY OF INNATE AGGRESSIVENESS;23
6.6;PHYSIOLOGICAL COMPONENTS OF AGGRESSIVE DRIVE;26
6.7;The XYY Syndrome;26
6.8;FRUSTRATION AND AGGRESSION;35
6.9;THE SOCIAL LEARNING OF AGGRESSION;37
6.10;"THE CULTURAL ENVELOPE";42
6.11;SUMMARY;44
7;Chapter 2. The Design of the Longitudinal Study;46
7.1;THE COLUMBIA COUNTY STUDY;47
7.2;MEASURING THE DEVELOPMENT OF PERSONALITY;50
7.3;POTENTIAL PREDICTORS OF AGGRESSION;54
7.4;DATA ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES;60
7.5;SUMMARY;62
7.6;NOTES;62
8;Chapter 3. The Roots of Aggression;86
8.1;RELATION OF EARLY TO LATER AGGRESSION;88
8.2;FOUR CLASSES OF ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES AND AGGRESSION;89
8.3;THIRD-GRADE PREDICTORS AND OTHER 13th-GRADE MEASURES;96
8.4;CONTROLLING FOR THIRD VARIABLES;98
8.5;SYNCHRONOUS PREDICTORS OF AGGRESSION IN THE 13th GRADE;98
8.6;SEX DIFFERENCES IN AGGRESSION;100
8.7;PERINATAL COMPLICATIONS AND AGGRESSION;105
8.8;SUMMARY;108
9;Chapter 4. Television and the Development of Aggression;124
9.1;BOYS WATCH MORE VIOLENCE;126
9.2;THE EFFECTS OF TELEVISION VIOLENCE UPON BOYS;126
9.3;THE EFFECTS OF TELEVISION VIOLENCE UPON GIRLS;132
9.4;AMOUNT OF TV VIEWING AND PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT;135
9.5;SUMMARY;137
9.6;NOTES;137
10;Chapter 5. Correlates of Aggression: Psychopathology and Social Attainment;152
10.1;PSYCHOPATHOLOGY;152
10.2;BOYS;153
10.3;RELATION OF PSYCHOPATHOLOGY TO AGGRESSION;157
10.4;GIRLS;160
10.5;SOCIAL ATTAINMENT;164
10.6;BOYS;168
10.7;GIRLS;168
10.8;PORTRAIT OF THE POPULAR AND LEADING CHILD;169
10.9;SUMMARY;170
10.10;NOTES;171
11;Chapter 6. Implications of the Results for Theory and Practice;200
11.1;INNATE AGGRESSIVENESS;200
11.2;THE SOCIAL LEARNING OF AGGRESSION;201
11.3;CEREBRAL MECHANISMS AND AGGRESSION;202
11.4;HORMONES AND AGGRESSION;202
11.5;PREDICTORS OF AGGRESSION;203
11.6;SOCIOCULTURAL VARIABLES;209
11.7;THE STABILITY OF AGGRESSION;211
11.8;CONTROL OF AGGRESSION;213
11.9;PREVENTION;217
11.10;NOTES;222
12;REFERENCES;223
13;Author Index;236
14;Subject Index;240