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Malti, Tina – Society for Research in Child Development, 2020
The absence of violence against children is a fundamental children's right and a major milestone of civilized society. Similarly, reports on incidences of violence "by" children and youth, including severe cases with devastating consequences, speak to the need that the trauma of exposure to violence in childhood needs to be addressed.…
Descriptors: Violence, Children, Youth, Social Development
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Starkey, Leighann; Aber, J. Lawrence; Crossman, Angela – Developmental Science, 2019
Exposure to community violence is thought to create risk for the social and emotional development of children, including those children living in low-income, conflict-affected countries. In the absence of other types of community resources, schools may be one of the few community resources that can help buffer children from the negative effects of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Environment, Violence, Children
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Manyam, Suneetha B.; Davis, Terah L. – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 2020
Group therapy plays a prominent role in trauma healing through resiliency for African American children and adolescents. Understanding how groups can facilitate change for this population is crucial to become a culturally competent counselor. Further, studying the best practices of group work is essential to better serving African Americans.…
Descriptors: Trauma, Group Therapy, African Americans, Children
Walton, Marsha D.; Davidson, Alice J. – Psychology Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2017
"Conflict Narratives in Middle Childhood" presents evidence from twenty years of research, examining nearly 3,000 narratives from 1,600 children in eight settings in two countries about their own experiences with interpersonal conflict. Close readings, combined with systematic analysis of dozens of features of the stories reveal that…
Descriptors: Conflict, Personal Narratives, Children, Interpersonal Relationship
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Maliken, Ashley C.; Katz, Lynn Fainsilber – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2013
Emerging evidence suggests that fathers, more so than mothers, socialize emotions in a gender-stereotyped manner. Gender-stereotyped emotion socialization may be particularly pronounced in men perpetrating intimate partner violence (IPV), and may be detrimental to child adjustment, particularly for boys. This study explored the relation between…
Descriptors: Fathers, Empathy, Emotional Response, Gender Bias
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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
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Cummings, E. Mark; Merrilees, Christine E.; Schermerhorn, Alice C.; Goeke-Morey, Marcie C.; Shirlow, Peter; Cairns, Ed – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2011
Links between political violence and children's adjustment problems are well-documented. However, the mechanisms by which political tension and sectarian violence relate to children's well-being and development are little understood. This study longitudinally examined children's emotional security about community violence as a possible regulatory…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Psychological Needs, Working Class, Children
Peterson, Jean Sunde – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 2014
A qualitative, longitudinal, phenomenological case study explored how a gifted female experienced various life events and aspects of development during adolescence and young adulthood (ages 15-30 years), particularly as related to multiple traumatic experiences, which were revealed late in the first year of the study. Additional experiences, well…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Longitudinal Studies, Phenomenology, Case Studies
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Dennis, Tracy A.; Buss, Kristin A.; Hastings, Paul D.; Bell, Martha Ann; Diaz, Anjolii; Adam, Emma K.; Miskovic, Vladimir; Schmidt, Louis A.; Feldman, Ruth; Katz, Lynn Fainsilber; Rigterink, Tami; Strang, Nicole M.; Hanson, Jamie L.; Pollak, Seth D.; Dahl, Ronald E.; Silk, Jennifer S.; Siegle, Greg J.; Beauchaine, Theodore P.; Cicchetti, Dante; Rogosch, Fred A.; Fox, Nathan A.; Kirwan, Michael; Reeb-Sutherland, Bethany; Gunnar, Megan R.; Obradovic, Jelena; Boyce, W. Thomas; Molenaar, Peter C. M.; Gates, Kathleen M. – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 2012
In the past decade, there has been a dramatic growth in research examining the development of emotion from a physiological perspective. However, this widespread use of physiological measures to study emotional development coexists with relatively few guiding principles, thus reducing opportunities to move the field forward in innovative ways. The…
Descriptors: Physiology, Psychological Patterns, Emotional Development, Measurement
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Woods, Sarah; Wolke, Dieter; Nowicki, Stephen; Hall, Lynne – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2009
Objectives: Bullying is a form of systematic abuse by peers with often serious consequences for victims. Few studies have considered the role of emotion recognition abilities and empathic behaviour for different bullying roles. This study investigated physical and relational bullying involvement in relation to basic emotion recognition abilities,…
Descriptors: Nonverbal Communication, Bullying, Victims of Crime, Empathy
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McWhirter, Paula T. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2011
Two community-based group therapies, emotion focused versus goal oriented, are compared among women exposed to intimate partner violence (n = 46) and their children (n = 48) aged between 6 and 12 years. A series of repeated measures analyses are employed to evaluate the effects of time from baseline to postintervention following random assignment.…
Descriptors: Intervention, Family Violence, Females, Drinking
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Kolbo, Jerome R.; And Others – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 1996
Presents a review of the empirical literature examining the initial effects of witnessing domestic violence on children's functioning. Although results are somewhat inconclusive regarding children's social, cognitive, and physical development, findings of recently conducted investigations, when combined and compared with the previously reviewed…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Children, Emotional Development, Emotional Problems
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Margolin, Gayla – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2005
Identifying mechanisms that explain the children's differential vulnerability to violence exposure is an important research focus. Developmentally sensitive theories and methods are recommended to better understand children's risk and resilience to violence exposure. Examples are provided of promising research that links violence exposure to…
Descriptors: Family Environment, Violence, Children, Risk
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Rule, Brendan Gail; Ferguson, Tamara J. – Journal of Social Issues, 1986
Identifies mediating factors between the viewing of violent media and aggressive behavior. Discusses the role of cognitive and emotional arousal processes, and the interplay among these factors and attitudes toward aggression. Describes the effects of media exposure on arousal, emotional desensitization, and the excitement of the observer's…
Descriptors: Aggression, Attitude Change, Child Development, Children
Koplow, Lesley – 2002
In a world where children are beset by violence and stress, this book provides educators with advice on how to construct therapeutic learning environments for all children. This is a book about integrating preventive mental health practice into public schools (preschool through grade 5). The author, a psychotherapist, discusses the mandate for…
Descriptors: Children, Educational Environment, Elementary Education, Emotional Development
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