The Development and Treatment of Girlhood Aggression

333 Pages·2004·17.72 MB·English

by  Debra J. Pepler

The Development
and Treatment
of Girlhood Aggression
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The Development
and Treatment
of Girlhood Aggression
Edited by
Debra J. Pepler
York University and The Hospital for Sick Children
Kirsten C. Madsen
The Hospital for Sick Children
Christopher Webster
Earlscourt Child and Family Centre
and St. Joseph's Health Care Centre
Kathryn S. Levene
Earlscourt Child and Family Centre
LAWRENCE ERLBAUM ASSOCIATES PUBLISHERS
2005 Mahwah, New Jersey London
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777/5 book is dedicated to the memory of Robert B. Cairns,
who has provided innovation, inspiration, and integration
for research on the development of aggression.
Together with Beverley Cairns, Bob was one of the first
researchers to raise concerns about girls' aggression,
how girls' aggression develops, and implications for
the next generation.
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Contents
Foreword
xi
Kenneth Goldberg
Introduction
Girlhood Aggression: Building Bridges Between xv
Research and Treatment
Debra J. Pepler and Kirsten Madsen
Part I: Girls' Aggression: Developmental Issues
1 Aggressive Girls on Troubled Trajectories: 3
A Developmental Perspective
Debra J. Pepler and Wendy Craig
2 Developmental Approaches to Studying Conduct 29
Problems in Girls
Kate Keenan, Magda Stouthamer-Loeber, and RolfLoeber
Commentary
A Relationship Focus on Girls' Aggressiveness 47
and Conduct Disorder
Kate McKnight and Martha Putallaz
vii
viii CONTENTS
Part II: Girls' Physical Aggression
3 Gender Differences in the Prevalence of Physically 55
Aggressive Behaviors in the Canadian Population
of 2- and 3-Year-Old Children
Raymond H. Baillargeon, Richard E. Tremblay,
and J. Douglas Willms
4 African-American Girls and Physical Aggression: 75
Does Stability of Childhood Aggression Predict
Later Negative Outcomes?
Shari Miller-Johnson, Bertrina L. Moore,
Marion K. Underwood, and John D. Coie
Commentary
New Research Approaches to the Study of Aggression 97
Lea Pulkkinen
Part III: The Social Nature of Girls' Aggression
5 The Development of Aggressive Behaviors Among 105
Girls: Measurement Issues, Social Functions,
and Differential Trajectories
Hongling Xie, Beverley D. Cairns, and Robert B. Cairns
6 To Die For: Violent Adolescent Girls' Search 137
for Male Attention
Sibylle Artz
Commentary
The Importance of Social Context and Relationships 161
in Female Aggression
Pierrette Verlaan
Part IV: Aggressive Girls in Treatment
7 Girls Growing Up Angry: A Qualitative Study 169
Kathryn S. Levene, Kirsten C. Madsen, and Debra J. Pepler