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Prescription for Reduction of Aggression.
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Eron, Leonard D. – American Psychologist, 1980
Reviews the results of a longitudinal study on socialization and child aggression. Proposes that boys be exposed to the same training that girls have traditionally received, and that they be encouraged to develop similar socially positive, nurturant, and sensitive qualities that are antithetical to aggressive behavior. (Author/GC)
Descriptors: Aggression, Children, Females, Males
Psychology in Action: Savagery, Show and Tell
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Dallas, Dan – American Psychologist, 1978
At least 50 elementary school children witnessed a 23 year old man brutally murder his father. The school's counseling services went into effect immediately to assist the children's emotional and behavioral recovery, with the cooperative involvement of teachers, administrators, consultants, and parents. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Children, Counseling Services, Elementary Education, Parent Child Relationship
Parent-Child Interaction, Television Violence, and Aggression of Children.
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Eron, Leonard D. – American Psychologist, 1982
Reviews findings of two longitudinal studies on development of aggression. Observes that the process by which children learn violence from television is circular: i.e., aggressive children are unpopular and consequently spend less time with peers and more time watching television, which in turn, assures them that aggressive behavior is…
Descriptors: Aggression, Children, Literature Reviews, Parent Child Relationship
What Children Can Tell Us about Living in Danger.
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Garbarino, James; And Others – American Psychologist, 1991
Discusses the developmental challenges faced by children in wartime and similar circumstances. Reviews studies made in several scenes of conflict from World War II to the present. Adults' political ideologies can be sustaining and supportive but may prolong communal violence and curtail moral development. (DM)
Descriptors: Children, Coping, Ideology, Moral Development
Television and Behavior: Research Conclusions of the 1982 NIMH Report and Their Policy Implications.
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Rubinstein, Eli A. – American Psychologist, 1983
A review of recent studies on the effects of television viewing on behavior indicates that television has significantly influenced cognitive and affective child development, social behavior, social relationships, and health attitudes and practices. Researchers and the television industry must collaborate to maximize television's positive effects.…
Descriptors: Child Development, Childhood Attitudes, Children, Cognitive Development
Victimization of Children.
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Finkelhor, David; Dziuba-Leatherman, Jennifer – American Psychologist, 1994
Outlines a general theory of childhood victimology, with a typology that characterizes abuse as extraordinary, acute, or pandemic. Efforts to prevent childhood victimization must recognize its differential character and the importance of the child's stage of development in recognizing and dealing with victimization. (SLD)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Abuse, Child Development, Child Neglect
Family Violence.
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Emery, Robert E. – American Psychologist, 1989
Researchers and policymakers have begun to recognize the extent and severity of family violence, particularly its effects on children. But there is much disagreement about the definition of violence, its development, the consequences for victims, and the most effective avenues for intervention. Advances recommendations for further research.…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Development, Child Psychology, Childhood Attitudes