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Grant, Frank – Horizons, 2003
Adults who work in positions of authority with young people must be prepared for the possibility of conflict, which could lead to aggressive behavior. Incorrect handling of a crisis will produce a conflict cycle, the four stages of which are described. Legal issues surrounding physical intervention (in the United Kingdom) are summarized, and…
Descriptors: Aggression, Conflict Resolution, Crisis Management, Foreign Countries
Hamburg, David A. – 1994
The human species seems to have a virtuoso capacity for making harsh distinctions between groups and for justifying violence on whatever scale the technology of the time permits. This essay explores the possibilities associated with using education as a means to avoiding conflicts or resolving them peacefully. Focus is placed on teaching humans to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Bias, Child Development
Martini, Mary – 1994
This research reports on an ethnographic study of Marquesas Islanders and their concepts of violent and aggressive behavior. The study interviewed six mothers about their children's behavior at three stages of early life: (1) infants and toddlers; (2) school-aged children; and (3) adolescents. Analysis of the research suggests that violence is…
Descriptors: Aggression, Antisocial Behavior, Conflict Resolution, Emotional Response
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Tomlinson, Kimmie E.; Bender, Renet L. – Intervention in School and Clinic, 1997
This article describes a nonviolence model program used in 26 schools. The program identifies positive and negative student leaders who then spend an entire day together working on developing relationships, responsibility, respect, and conflict resolution skills. Specific activities of the "lock-in" day and ongoing activities such as development…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Conflict Resolution, Educational Environment, Group Dynamics
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Xie, Hongling; Swift, Dylan J.; Cairns, Beverley D.; Cairns, Robert B. – Social Development, 2002
Investigated interactional properties and developmental functions of the following four types of aggressive behaviors in adolescents: social aggression, direct relational aggression, physical aggression, and verbal aggression. Found that the majority of conflict interactions involved more than a dyad, and that social aggression was an initiating…
Descriptors: Adolescent Behavior, Adolescents, Aggression, Conflict
Neugebauer, Bonnie; Duffy, Roslyn; Garbarino, James; Gonzalez-Mena, Janet – Child Care Information Exchange, 2001
Presents four articles about children's power struggles: (1) "The Personal Side of Power" (Bonnie Neugebauer); (2) "Learning To Harness Human Power" (Roslyn Duffy); (3) "Power Struggles: Early Experiences Matter" (James Garbarino); and (4) "Personal Power: Creating New Realities" (Janet Gonzalez-Mena). (DLH)
Descriptors: Administrators, Attitudes, Caregiver Child Relationship, Caregiver Training