Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-180) and index.
Contents:
Prevalence of aggression and violence in adolescence -- Definitions of aggression and violence -- Distinguishing aggression and violence from other antisocial behavior -- Reliability and validity of surveyed -- Aggression and violence -- Grade trends in aggression and violent behavior -- Gender and race differences in surveyed -- Aggressive and violent behavior -- Cross national comparisons of surveyed aggression and violence -- Official crime statistics -- Gender and race differences in homicide -- Arrest data for violent crime by adolescents -- Developmental pathways to violence -- Adolescence as a period of transitions -- Adolescence and multiple personality transitions -- Early development of violent behavior -- The centrality of aggression in the development of violence -- Childhood aggression and a resulting cascade of effects -- Early vs. late onset violence -- Multiple developmental pathways from childhood through adolescence -- Longitudinal risk factors for later violence or serious offending -- Personality risk factors for aggression and violence -- Motivators, moderators, and mediators of aggression and violence -- Personality motivators and mediators for aggression and violence : sensation seeking -- Personality motivators and mediators : negative affect -- Personality motivators and mediators : anger -- Personality motivators and mediators : depressed mood/clinical depression -- Personality motivators and mediators : empathy -- Situational risk factors for aggression and violence -- Situational influences and the "general aggression model" -- Provocation -- Frustration -- Pain and discomfort -- Alcohol and drug use and abuse -- Incentives -- Aggressive cues -- Violent episodes in middle and high schools -- Aggression and violence in romantic relationships -- Normative changes in adolescent social relationships -- Normative changes in adolescent dating relationships -- Prevalence and forms of dating violence in adolescence -- Relationship differences and individual differences in dating aggression -- Relationship differences -- Individual differences -- Primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention of aggression and violence -- Scientific standards for prevention programs -- Meta-analysis of prevention programs targeting aggression and violence -- Primary prevention programs -- Tertiary prevention programs -- Prevention programs addressing key risk and protective factors -- Risk factors not addressed by programs.
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