Advances in the Study of Aggression
Volume 2
Published on 11. September 2013
236 pages
978-1-4832-2471-8 (ISBN)
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Advances in the Study of Aggression, Volume 2 is a compendium of papers that discusses application of techniques and programs to human problems of aggression control. Papers evaluate interactive variables and phenomena in aggressive behavior: namely, the behavior of victims and perpetrators; the experience of the aggressive person before and after the aggressive event; pharmacological agents such as alcohol; and limitations on access to social opportunities for these same persons. A significant commonality of these papers is their recognition of the importance cognitive factors play in the control of aggression. One paper argues that a variety of emotional, physiological, situational, social, and cognitive antecedents regulate the expression of aggressive behavior. Another paper explains that in using punishment techniques, which can effectively control aggression, the inherent problems should be balanced against the benefits to victims, to the aggressor, and to society. One paper reviews studies that have examined the impact of television violence on children, as well as the attitude program designed by Huesmann et al. (1983) to mitigate these effects. The paper points out that though programs designed to mitigate the effects of sexual violence on young adults can be worthwhile, waiting until late adolescence or early adulthood is already waiting too long. The compendium can prove valuable for police administrators, criminologists, counselors, psychologists, lawyers, social workers, and parents of young and adolescent children.
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¿Anger as a Clinical and Social Problem I. Introduction II. Conceptions of Anger in Theories of Aggression and Violence III. The Role of Anger in Problems of Aggression and Violence IV. Anger in Disturbances of Mental Health V. Anger and Human Stress ReferencesThe Role of Fantasy and Other Cognitive Processes in the Regulation of Children's Aggression I. Introduction II. A Study of the Effects of Fantasy Training on Aggression References The Regulation of Aggressive Behavior I. Theoretical Perspectives II. Laboratory Studies on Aggression Control III. Conclusion ReferencesPunishment and Aggression: A Critical Reexamina I. Introduction II. Punishment and the Control of Behavior III. The Present Use of Punishment in the Application of Psychological Techniques to the Control of Aggression in Children IV. Sources and Effects of Variation in Social/Familial Punishment for Aggression V. The Criminal Justice System: Punishment for Aggression VI. Biological Mechanisms in Punishment: Affective and Nonaffective Consequation Modes ReferencesMitigating the Influence of Violence on Television and Sexual Violence in the Med I. Introduction II. The Effects of Exposure to Violence in the Media III. Designing Interventions to Counter Sexual Violence in the Media IV. Summary and Conclusions ReferencesSocial Control and/or/as Aggression I. Introduction II. Definitions III. Unintended Consequences of Social Control IV. Consensus versus Conflict as the Basis for Social Control V. Knowledge and Social Policy: The Social Construction of Violent Behaviors as Social Problems VI. Rehabilitation, Punishment, and Labeling VII. Levels of Explanation and the Control of Violence VIII. Some Macrolevel Considerations for the Future IX. The Ironies of Social Control X. Conclusion ReferencesIndex
