Youth aggression and violence: a psychological approach

954 Pages·2001·3.96 MB·English

by  Thomas G. Moeller

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Youth Aggression and Violence : A
title:
Psychological Approach
author: Moeller, Thomas G.
publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.
isbn10 | asin: 0805837132
print isbn13: 9780805837131
ebook isbn13: 9780585383071
language: English
Aggressiveness in youth, Aggressiveness in
subject
adolescence, Violence in adolescence.
publication date: 2001
lcc: BF724.3.A34M64 2001eb
ddc: 155.4/18232
Aggressiveness in youth, Aggressiveness in
subject:
adolescence, Violence in adolescence.
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Youth Aggression and Violence
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Youth Aggression
and Violence
A Psychological Approach
THOMAS G. MOELLER
Mary Washington College
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Copyright © 2001 by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.
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To my parents, Raymond Johnson Dietz Moeller
and Agnes Marie Berger Moeller
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Contents
Preface ix
1 Introduction 1
2 Overview of Aggression 24
3 Abnormal Manifestations of Youthful Aggression 45
4 The Child's Contribution: Genetic, Biological, and
72
Temperamental Factors
5 Family Factors 98
6 Television and Media Violence 126
7 Social and Cultural Factors 155
8 Psychological Processes in Hyperaggressive Youths 179
9 Aggressive Youths and Their Peers 208
10 Youthful Homicide 234
11 School Aggression 267
12 Intervention and Prevention 297
13 Summary and Questions 324
References 351
Author Index 395
Subject Index 411
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