Sentences with phrase «focused on physical aggression»

Moreover, when young urban women have been studied, prior research has predominantly focused on physical aggression, often excluding nonphysical forms of aggression that may precipitate violence.

In line with previous studies, we therefore specifically focused on physical aggression in this research.

Our focus on physical aggression also limits our understanding of the development of other types of aggressive behavior that were not analyzed in the current study, such as social and relational aggression, which may be more prominent among adolescent girls.

Not exact matches

Professor Dickens added, «Training provision largely focuses on managing physical aggression through techniques such as de-escalation.

Our findings add insight into the pathways linking early childhood adversity to poor adult wellbeing.29 Complementing past work that focused on physical health, 9 our findings provide information about links between ACEs and early childhood outcomes at the intersection of learning, behavior, and health.29 We found that ACEs experienced in early childhood were associated with poor foundational skills, such as language and literacy, that predispose individuals to low educational attainment and adult literacy, both of which are related to poor health.23, 30 — 33 Attention problems, social problems, and aggression were also associated with ACEs and also have the potential to interfere with children's educational experience given known associations between self - regulatory behavior and academic achievement.34, 35 Consistent with the original ACE study and subsequent research, we found that exposure to more ACEs was associated with more adverse outcomes, suggesting a dose — response association.3 — 8 In fact, experiencing ≥ 3 ACEs was associated with below - average performance or problems in every outcome examined.

Alternatives for Families: A Cognitive - Behavioral Therapy (originally named Abuse - Focused Cognitive - Behavioral Therapy) is designed for families who are referred for problems related to the management of anger and / or aggression, which include several behaviors on a continuum reflecting the use of coercion and / or physical force.

Therefore, in line with previous studies on aggression (e.g., Huesmann and Taylor 2006) we focused on self - reported forms of physical aggression that pose a significant risk of injury to victims.

Historically, the political context of partner physical aggression policy and research has focused on protection of physically victimized women and mandated interventions for male batterers.