Aggression and violence in adolescence / / Robert F. Marcus

• Autore: Marcus Robert F. <1943->
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge ; ; New York, : Cambridge University Press, 2007
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (ix, 189 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 155.5/18232
• Soggetto topico: Aggressiveness in adolescence; Violence in adolescence
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Prevalence of aggression and violence in adolescence -- Definitions of aggression and violence -- Distinguishing aggression and violence from other antisocial behavior -- Reliability and validity of surveyed -- Aggression and violence -- Grade trends in aggression and violent behavior -- Gender and race differences in surveyed -- Aggressive and violent behavior -- Cross national comparisons of surveyed aggression and violence -- Official crime statistics -- Gender and race differences in homicide -- Arrest data for violent crime by adolescents -- Developmental pathways to violence -- Adolescence as a period of transitions -- Adolescence and multiple personality transitions -- Early development of violent behavior -- The centrality of aggression in the development of violence -- Childhood aggression and a resulting cascade of effects -- Early vs. late onset violence -- Multiple developmental pathways from childhood through adolescence -- Longitudinal risk factors for later violence or serious offending -- Personality risk factors for aggression and violence -- Motivators, moderators, and mediators of aggression and violence -- Personality motivators and mediators for aggression and violence : sensation seeking -- Personality motivators and mediators : negative affect -- Personality motivators and mediators : anger -- Personality motivators and mediators : depressed mood/clinical depression -- Personality motivators and mediators : empathy -- Situational risk factors for aggression and violence -- Situational influences and the "general aggression model" -- Provocation -- Frustration -- Pain and discomfort -- Alcohol and drug use and abuse -- Incentives -- Aggressive cues -- Violent episodes in middle and high schools -- Aggression and violence in romantic relationships -- Normative changes in adolescent social relationships -- Normative changes in adolescent dating relationships -- Prevalence and forms of dating violence in adolescence -- Relationship differences and individual differences in dating aggression -- Relationship differences -- Individual differences -- Primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention of aggression and violence -- Scientific standards for prevention programs -- Meta-analysis of prevention programs targeting aggression and violence -- Primary prevention programs -- Tertiary prevention programs -- Prevention programs addressing key risk and protective factors -- Risk factors not addressed by programs.
• Sommario/riassunto: Using data sets consisting of cross-sectional surveys drawn from nationally representative samples of adolescents in the U.S. and official sources of crime statistics, a portrait of aggression and violence among adolescents is presented. Fluctuations in self-reported and official sources of data are examined by year, gender, grade, and race. Both distal and contemporary risk factors for aggression and violence are discussed. Distal risk factors for violence in adolescence are presented using longitudinal studies. The General Aggression Model provides the framework for exploring which contemporary personal and situational factors increase or decrease risk for aggression and violence. Dating aggression in adolescence is placed in the context of normal development and variable according to individual partner and relationship factors. This book presents rigorously tested scientific prevention programs for adolescents with violent and aggressive behavior.
• Titolo autorizzato: Aggression and violence in adolescence
• ISBN: 1-107-17946-7; 1-281-04052-5; 9786611040529; 0-511-33488-5; 0-511-33428-1; 0-511-33360-9; 0-511-57352-9; 0-511-61129-3; 0-511-33546-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910809015203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II