Sentences with phrase «reduce aggressive behaviours»

In male ferrets, neutering can reduce their strong body odor, prevent marking, and reduce aggressive behaviour.

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For instance, we know that familiar birds are more likely to cooperate in fending off predators, and it may also reduce the amount of energy expended on competitive interactions, if individuals display less aggressive behaviour towards familiar neighbours.»

Understanding what causes your child's self - injurious and aggressive behaviour can help you to change or reduce the behaviour.

The reductions in aggressive behaviour reported here could be attributable to change in the school's management of child behaviour or an increase in extracurricular activities which may, themselves, have preventive effects.4 None the less, the effects of reducing media exposure and its effect in combination with other effective school based programmes5, 6 merit additional studies.

As skills for language and thinking develop, aggressive behaviour is reduced.

This topic aims to provide a better understanding of aggressive behaviour in young children, its normal course of development, when parents or caregivers should be concerned, and what policies, programs and interventions can be implemented to reduce its long - term incidence.

Aggressive behaviour Conflict with peers and / or difficulty making and keeping friends Social withdrawal Tantrums and excessive / intense emotional upsets Low mood or persistent sadness Frequent stomachaches, headaches or other physical complaints School refusal Reduced academic functioning and / or significant upset at school Excessive accommodation by parents Increased family stress

Children who have disorganized attachment with their primary attachment figure have been shown to be vulnerable to stress, have problems with regulation and control of negative emotions, and display oppositional, hostile - aggressive behaviours, and coercive styles of interaction.2, 3 They may exhibit low self - esteem, internalizing and externalizing problems in the early school years, poor peer interactions, unusual or bizarre behaviour in the classroom, high teacher ratings of dissociative behaviour and internalizing symptoms in middle childhood, high levels of teacher - rated social and behavioural difficulties in class, low mathematics attainment, and impaired formal operational skills.3 They may show high levels of overall psychopathology at 17 years.3 Disorganized attachment with a primary attachment figure is over-represented in groups of children with clinical problems and those who are victims of maltreatment.1, 2,3 A majority of children with early disorganized attachment with their primary attachment figure during infancy go on to develop significant social and emotional maladjustment and psychopathology.3, 4 Thus, an attachment - based intervention should focus on preventing and / or reducing disorganized attachment.

Furthermore, the high heritability of CU traits and their association with more chronic and serious aggression and antisocial behaviour problems make them a strong candidate for the driving force behind the familial transmission of aggressive behaviour that Halperin et al. [38] argue is mediated, in part, by reduced central serotonin function.