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Aggressive Behavior

Current Perspectives

Part of the book series: The Springer Series in Social Clinical Psychology (SSSC)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
  2. Emerging Theories of Human Aggression

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-2
    2. Theories of Aggression

      • Leonard D. Eron
      Pages 3-11
    3. Moral Cognition and Childhood Aggression

      • Nancy G. Guerra, Larry Nucci, L. Rowell Huesmann
      Pages 13-33
    4. Is Something Missing?

      • Leonard Berkowitz
      Pages 35-57
  3. Peers, Sex Roles, and Aggression

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 59-60
    2. Peer Adaptations in the Development of Antisocial Behavior

      • Thomas J. Dishion, Gerald R. Patterson, Pamela C. Griesler
      Pages 61-95
    3. Bullying at School

      • Dan Olweus
      Pages 97-130
    4. Indirect Aggression in Boys and Girls

      • Kirsti M. J. Lagerspetz, Kaj Björkqvist
      Pages 131-150
  4. Environmental Instigation and Mitigation of Aggression

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 151-151
    2. Long-Term Effects of Repeated Exposure to Media Violence in Childhood

      • L. Rowell Huesmann, Laurie S. Miller
      Pages 153-186
  5. Development of Adult Aggression

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 213-213
    2. Aggression in Two Generations

      • Joan McCord
      Pages 241-251
  6. Group Aggression in Adolescents and Adults

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 253-253
    2. Delinquent Gangs

      • Arnold P. Goldstein
      Pages 255-273
    3. Nationalism, Patriotism, and Aggression

      • Seymour Feshbach
      Pages 275-291
  7. Back Matter

    Pages 293-305

About this book

In this important work twelve eminent scholars review the latest theoretical work on human aggressive behavior. Emerging theories of aggression; peers, sex-roles, and aggression; environmental investigation and mitigation of aggression; development of adult aggression; and group aggression in adolescents and adults are all discussed in detail to provide clinicians, researchers, and students with a cutting-edge overview of the field.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Research Center for Group Dynamics, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA

    L. Rowell Huesmann

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Aggressive Behavior

  • Book Subtitle: Current Perspectives

  • Editors: L. Rowell Huesmann

  • Series Title: The Springer Series in Social Clinical Psychology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9116-7

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1994

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-44553-8Published: 31 March 1994

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4757-9118-1Published: 31 May 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4757-9116-7Published: 29 June 2013

  • Series ISSN: 1568-2528

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 306

  • Topics: Cognitive Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology

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