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Lau, Eva Yi Hung; Chang, Lei; Casas, Juan F. – Early Education and Development, 2023
Research Findings: This study examined whether physical coercion and psychological control by mothers and fathers can influence preschoolers' use of physical and relational aggression, and whether the relations are moderated by children's effortful control in a Hong Kong Chinese sample. Data were collected from a sample of 168 children (88 girls;…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Influence, Preschool Children, Aggression
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Chan, Jacob Yuichung; Fung, Annis L.; Gerstein, Lawrence H. – Psychology in the Schools, 2013
Research on aggression in the West has focused mainly on the dichotomy between proactive and reactive aggression, but not the co-occurring proactive-reactive aggression subtype, despite its prevalence. The authors investigated the differences in psychological and behavioral correlates among proactive, reactive, and proactive-reactive student…
Descriptors: Aggression, Foreign Countries, Student Behavior, Secondary School Students
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Wong, Dennis S. W.; Lok, David P. P.; Lo, T. Wing; Ma, Stephen K. – Youth & Society, 2008
The first comprehensive survey of 7,025 Chinese primary schoolchildren found that 24% of respondents reported that they had sometimes physically bullied another child. When children observed school bullying, 56% said they immediately reported it to their teachers. Another 20% tried to stop the bullying by approaching the bullies. The study also…
Descriptors: Bullying, Foreign Countries, Mass Media Effects, Elementary School Students
Leung, Chi-hung; To, Hing-kwan – New Horizons in Education, 2009
Background: In Hong Kong, secondary school students face high levels of stress due to the examination oriented curricula. According to Sun (2006), some secondary school students cannot bear the pressure when facing the examinations, and some of them may exhibit destructive behaviors such as suicide and bullying. Therefore, cases of school bullying…
Descriptors: Stress Management, Stress Variables, Bullying, Females
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Beaman, Robyn; Wheldall, Kevin; Kemp, Coral – Australasian Journal of Special Education, 2007
A review is provided of recent research literature on the topic of troublesome classroom behaviour, published over the past decade or so with particular reference to research carried out in Australian schools. Nine Australian studies are reviewed, as well as a further seven from the USA, Hong Kong, Jordan, Greece and Malta. Seven of the studies…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Incidence, Foreign Countries, Gender Differences