Sentences with phrase «likelihood of aggressive behavior»

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A study done by several universities, The Influence of Media Violence on Youth, states, «Research on violent television and films, video games, and music reveals unequivocal evidence that media violence increases the likelihood of aggressive and violent behavior in both immediate and long - term contexts.»

Children not helped to become less aggressive during school years are at significant risk for future life problems, including a higher likelihood of anti-social behavior and legal problems as adults.

Pets that are spayed or neutered face a lower likelihood of cancer and will even have fewer behavioral problems, since aggressive and dominant behaviors are often related to the desire to mate.

«Our research shows that neither age at time of neutering nor duration of the problem behavior has influence on the likelihood that a behavior will change following neutering, thus one need not think that because a male dog has been engaging in problem urine marking or aggressive behavior for five years that it is too late to consider neutering.

A study published in the Journal of Applied Animal Behavior concluded that confrontational training methods such as hitting dogs, intimidating them with punitive force and using techniques of restraint like the «alpha roll» actually do very little to correct dogs» behavior and in fact increase the likelihood that they will be fearful and aggBehavior concluded that confrontational training methods such as hitting dogs, intimidating them with punitive force and using techniques of restraint like the «alpha roll» actually do very little to correct dogs» behavior and in fact increase the likelihood that they will be fearful and aggbehavior and in fact increase the likelihood that they will be fearful and aggressive.

For example, youth reported 40 % reduction in the likelihood of being drunk by 10th grade; 40 % fewer aggressive and destructive behaviors by 10th grade, and long - term positive effects on academic success (e.g., higher GPA).

Participants then completed a measure of trait aggression (i.e., how much the person is naturally inclined toward aggression) as well as a measure of how likely individuals were to be aggressive toward their partners that asked about the likelihood of engaging in several behaviors toward their romantic partners (e.g., throwing things, twisting their arm / hair, shoving).

The program follows the premise that intervening during the early years when children are forming patterns of behaviors and attitudes can reduce the likelihood that they will later develop aggressive, antisocial, or violent behavior.