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Overweight or Obesity Associations with Physical Aggression in Children and Adolescents: A Meta-Analysis
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Tso, Melissa K.W.; Rowland, Bosco; Toumbourou, John W.; Guadagno, Belinda L. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2018
Being overweight or obese (overweight/obesity) or physically aggressive in childhood and adolescence can have lifelong consequences, hence are important public health problems. Identifying a relationship between these problems would assist in understanding their developmental origins. The present paper sought to review previous studies and use…
Descriptors: Obesity, Aggression, Children, Adolescents
Moral Disengagement Processes in Bullying
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Hymel, Shelley; Bonanno, Rina A. – Theory Into Practice, 2014
Bullying is the most common form of interpersonal violence facing youth in schools, and recent school-based intervention efforts have shown only limited success in reducing such behavior. Accordingly, this article considers the utility of Albert Bandura's theory of moral disengagement in understanding bullying behavior among children and…
Descriptors: Bullying, Violence, School Safety, Interpersonal Relationship
The Effects of Anger Management on Children's Social and Emotional Outcomes: A Meta-Analysis
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Candelaria, Ashley M.; Fedewa, Alicia L.; Ahn, Soyeon – School Psychology International, 2012
The occurrence of violent behaviors and bullying in schools continues to be a recognized problem among students and school personnel. The concern caused by these behaviors have led many schools to implement anger management and other impulse control based programs for at-risk students in an effort to prevent many of these incidences. This study…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Self Control, Psychological Patterns, Children
Going to Scale: A Nonrandomized Nationwide Trial of the KiVa Antibullying Program for Grades 1-9
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Karna, Antti; Voeten, Marinus; Little, Todd D.; Poskiparta, Elisa; Alanen, Erkki; Salmivalli, Christina – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2011
Objective: The effects of school-based antibullying programs have typically been examined on small samples, with number of schools ranging from 1 to 78 (Farrington & Ttofi, 2009). This study investigated the effectiveness of the KiVa antibullying program in the beginning of its nationwide implementation in Finland. Method: At each time point,…
Descriptors: Bullying, Foreign Countries, Victims of Crime, Program Effectiveness
The Effects of Preventing Antisocial Behavior and Crime in Childhood and Adolescence: Results and Implications of Research Reviews and Meta-Analyses
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Beelmann, Andreas; Raabe, Tobias – European Journal of Developmental Science, 2009
Much research is now available on the effectiveness of prevention measures for antisocial behavior problems and crime in childhood and adolescence. This article systematically reviews the results of 26 reviews and meta-analyses summarizing over a thousand controlled studies on social skills training, parent training, early interventions, and…
Descriptors: Prevention, Antisocial Behavior, Crime, Children
Hostile Attribution of Intent and Aggressive Behavior: A Meta-Analysis.
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Orobio de Castro, Bram; Veerman, Jan W.; Koops, Willem; Bosch, Joop D.; Monshouwer, Heidi J. – Child Development, 2002
Conducted a meta-analytic review of 41 studies to explore the relation between children's aggressive behavior and hostile attribution of intent to peers. Found a significant association between hostile attribution of intent and aggressive behavior, with larger effects associated with more severe aggressive behavior, rejection by peers as a…
Descriptors: Aggression, Assertiveness, Attribution Theory, Behavior Development