Sentences with phrase «aggressive acts increased»

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In other words, watching programs with violence did not lead to increases in aggressive behavior either in the sample as a whole or in subgroups predisposed toward acting aggressively.

The summary consisted of several sentences describing the link between spanking and short - and long - term child behavior problems, including aggressive and delinquent acts, poor quality of parent - child relationships and an increased risk of child physical abuse.

In line with this theory, antisocial individuals purposely engage in antisocial and aggressive acts in an attempt to increase stimulation and achieve more agreeable arousal levels.

The federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 («NCLB» or «the Act») defines an aggressive, ambitious and multi-faceted approach for increasing student achievement and closing the achievement gap.

The tax act also expands the child credit and the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), reduces marriage penalties, increases subsides for education and retirement saving, repeals the limitations on itemized deductions and phaseouts of personal exemptions, and provides temporary, limited relief from the alternative minimum tax (AMT), a complex law that was designed to prevent aggressive tax sheltering but primarily affects large families or residents of states with high income taxes.

They are less likely to become aggressive or to act out due to the increased surge of sex hormones.

Arguments supporting this perspective primarily focus on nationally representative, community - based, parent and child self - report survey data and draw on findings of increased rates of verbal versus physical aggressive acts and similar instigation rates across sex (Agnew and Hugeley 1989; Browne and Hamilton 1998; Ibabe and Bentler 2016; McCloskey and Lichter 2003; Nock and Kazdin 2002; Pagani et al. 2004, 2009; Straus et al. 1980).