Sentences with phrase «reducing aggressive behavior»

She states that cognitive behavioral therapy has proven successful in reducing aggressive behavior.

Examples from two investigations aimed at reducing aggressive behavior and enhancing academic performance among high - risk youth are used to illustrate key prevention principles.

In addition to treating these disorders, Risperdal also proved effective at reducing aggressive behavior and irritability in children with autism.

The study does not attempt to show causal relationships between dog - aggression and environmental factors, but only to show relationshps that may lend support for the possibility of reducing aggressive behavior through proper owner management.

These include: reducing the risk of prostate cancer and infection, reducing aggressive behavior, reducing the desire to roam looking for females and possibly getting hit by a car, and reducing spray behavior.

Social skills, problem - solving skills, and conflict resolution skills will reduce aggressive behavior.

«Our real world goal is to reduce violence and to reduce aggressive behavior.

Neutering will greatly reduce aggressive behavior in male dogs.

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

Neutering helps to reduce aggressive behavior.

«Studies of peer mediation programs have found that students who receive mediation training reap the greatest benefits from the programs, including increased academic success, enhanced social and emotional competence, increased self - esteem, and reduced aggressive behavior and disciplinary action».

Peer group paradigms have also generated positive results in creating productive social group living environments and have helped reduce aggressive behaviors in group living settings.

In addition, an array of rigorously tested psychological and educational interventions facilitate healthy social development and reduce aggressive behavior by teaching social skills and problem - solving strategies.

Summary: (To include comparison groups, outcomes, measures, notable limitations) This study examined the effectiveness of Child - Centered Play Therapy (CCPT) to reduce aggressive behaviors as reported by teachers and parents.

Studies of peer mediation programs have found that students who receive mediation training reap the greatest benefits from the programs, including increased academic success, enhanced social and emotional competence, increased self - esteem, and reduced aggressive behavior and disciplinary action.

The goals of RIPP are to reduce aggressive behavior and violence in school - aged youth, and to intervene with young children to help them avoid potential violence in adolescence.

The Positive Action program was found to reduce aggressive behaviors, and improve academic test results.

Not exact matches

If your child exhibits aggressive behavior, reducing his exposure to violent material could help.

How to transition your boys from exhibiting aggressive behaviors to being more calm and increasing accountability by reducing fear

Published in the April 21 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association the study found parent training was more effective in reducing disruptive and aggressive behavior than 24 weeks of parent education.

This in turn can reduce marital conflict and increase the children's self - control, and ultimately reduce involvement in aggressive behavior.»

Prescribing both a stimulant and an antipsychotic drug to children with physical aggression and attention - deficit / hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), along with teaching parents to use behavior management techniques, reduces aggressive and serious behavioral problems in the children, according to a study conducted by researchers at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.

Stimulation of the amygdala results in augmented aggressive behavior, while lesions of this area greatly reduce one's competitive drive and aggression.

Across all subjects, reduced gray matter volume directly correlated with increases in aggressive behavior.

«This in turn can reduce marital conflict and increase the children's self - control, and ultimately reduce involvement in aggressive behavior,» she concluded.

«Schools have told me consistently that they see a dramatic decrease in peer - to - peer aggressive behavior within three to five weeks of implementing a school - wide behavior rubric, as young people get the message that discipline interventions for aggression will be inevitable, fair, and escalating for all students and in all areas of the school,» says Stan Davis, author of Schools Where Everyone Belongs: Practical Strategies for Reducing Bullying.

Children also see reduced risks for failure such as decreases in conduct problems, aggressive behavior, and emotional distress (Durlak, Weissberg, Dymnicki, Taylor, & Schellinger, 2011).

Engaging Schools works with school and program leaders and educators to support students in developing and strengthening social - emotional learning competencies and qualities of character that increase interpersonal effectiveness, reduce aggressive and antisocial behavior and intolerance, and enhance academic achievement.

Bullying is a pervasive problem in schools all across America, and many educators feel that uniforms reduce the potential for aggressive behavior among students.

It also reduces tendencies toward overly aggressive behavior and «wandering», which can lead to fighting with other pets, or even worse, car accidents.

Getting the animals out of familiar surroundings will help to reduce the potential for aggressive behavior and make them more agreeable in general, which can be helpful in these sorts of situations.

Furthermore, hitting a dog is interpreted by the dog as aggressive rather than corrective and so will not reduce the selected behavior.

Starting your new puppy in doggie daycare around 3 - 4 months (once they have received the ok from their veterinarian to be around other dogs) can make a big difference in the confidence your dog will have with other dogs and can reduce tendencies towards aggressive behaviors later in life.

«The nuisance behavior often associated with feral cats is dramatically reduced through TNR, including aggressive behavior, the yowling and fighting that comes with mating activity and the odor of unneutered males spraying to mark their territory,» she said.

If your dog is aggressive, you should do your best to manage his environment so to reduce the chances for him to rehearse this behavior.

They include aggressive behavior or soiling inappropriately, clawing at the furniture, either demanding more attention or appearing withdrawn, frequent barking, lethargy, less interest in going for walks or playing either with people, other dogs or toys, and reduced appetite accompanied by weight loss.

Nuisance behaviors like yowling, marking, and aggressive behavior are greatly reduced after spay / neuter.

The sterilization approach using CaCl2 in alcohol resulted in a durable reduction of testosterone, as compared to baseline levels, and reduced aggressive and sexual behavior.

What this means is that an animal's inhibitions about aggressive behavior may be reduced when his or her anxiety over the consequences of such behavior is removed.

Medication doesn't solve the problem, but will reduce any intensity of the aggressive dog behavior.

For example, neutering your dog can reduce the hormones that may inspire his aggressive behavior.

Neutering male dogs prevents testicular cancer and some prostate problems, reduces their desire to roam and find a mate, and can even decrease aggressive behavior.

Your dog's reduced hormones also help to regulate their behavior by reducing aggressive tendencies or dog's embarrassing propensity to mount other animals or people.

Spaying / Neutering your dog / cat reduces his / her likelihood to roam, spray / mark (cats), or have aggressive behaviors.

Data from one study showed 62 % of canines reduced dog - dog aggressive behavior after neutering.

According to a recent report in Medscape Medical News, Paliperidone's dissolution problem may «reduce effectiveness in treating a patient's mental and / or mood symptoms including suicidal thoughts and behavior, self - injurious behavior, mental hospitalizations, assaults, and aggressive behavior, as well as vocal and motor tics.»

Results of studies attempting to reduce such aggressive behaviors in schools have been mixed.

A school - based violence prevention curriculum reportedly reduced self - reported aggressive behaviors among middle school boys in 2 of 6 classes only [2].

Having reduced the verbal / physical stimulation deprivation and the biochemical / physiological imbalance, these adolescents would be expected to engage in less stimulus - seeking, risk - taking, and angry / aggressive / violent behavior.

The intervention sought to reduce specific empirically identified risk factors for adolescent health and behavior problems: persistent physically aggressive behavior in the early elementary school grades,9 - 11 academic failure, 12 and poor family management practices including unclear rules, poor monitoring of behavior, and inconsistent or harsh discipline.13, 14 Because being raised in poverty increases risk for crime, school failure, and school dropout,15 - 17 effects of the intervention on children from low - income families were of particular interest.