Developmental Trajectories toward Violence in Middle Childhood: Course, Demographic Differences, and Response to School-Based Intervention

Examined developmental trajectories toward violence over middle childhood and children's response to a universal school-based preventive intervention. Found that three growth patterns--positive linear, late acceleration, and gradual deceleration--characterized the children's trajectories,...

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Published inDevelopmental psychology Vol. 39; no. 2; p. 324
Main Authors Aber, J. Lawrence, Brown, Joshua L, Jones, Stephanie M
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.03.2003
Subjects
Adolescent
Aggression
Child
Children
Comparative Analysis
Demography
Elementary School Students
Ethnicity
Female
Humans
Individual Development
Intervention
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Models, Psychological
Outcomes of Treatment
Prevention
Program Effectiveness
Racial Differences
School Health Services - organization & administration
Sex Differences
Social Differences
Violence
Violence - prevention & control
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Summary:Examined developmental trajectories toward violence over middle childhood and children's response to a universal school-based preventive intervention. Found that three growth patterns--positive linear, late acceleration, and gradual deceleration--characterized the children's trajectories, and these trajectories varied meaningfully by child demographic characteristics. Children exposed to large number of intervention lessons demonstrated positive changes in their social-emotional developmental trajectories and deflections from a path toward future aggression. (Author/KB)
Bibliography:Special Issue on: "Violent Children"
ISSN:0012-1649
1939-0599
DOI:10.1037/0012-1649.39.2.324