This study examined the course and malleability of aggressive behavior from beginning elementary school through transition into middle school.
In a developmental epidemiologically defined population of 1,000 urban first graders, a 2-year classroom-based randomized preventive trial was aimed at reducing aggressive behavior, an antecedent of delinquency, violent behavior, and heavy drug use in adolescence and adulthood. Earlier the authors reported impact in first grade on teacher and peer ratings and on classroom observations. The current article reports on the course and on sixth- grade teacher ratings of aggressive behavior. Improvement was observed during transition times in first grade and in middle school among the males in the preventive intervention who were more aggressive in first grade. (publisher abstract modified)
Downloads
Similar Publications
- How Should We Identify and Intervene With Youth at Risk of Joining Gangs? A Developmental Approach for Children Ages 0-12
- What Can Schools Do to Help Prevent Gang-Joining?
- Safety and Efficacy of Exposure-Based Risk Reduction Through Family Therapy for Co-Occurring Substance Use Problems and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms Among Adolescents: A Randomized Clinical Trial