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The paper argues that understanding the nature of workplace aggression is the first step in developing a plan of management to help mediate the negative effects of aggression in the workplace and improve the quality of the work environment. The paper offers a discussion on the nature of workplace aggression and proposes some suggestions for the basis of effective aggression management.

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"Workplace aggression is one of the most significant psychological and physical dangers facing the modern workforce. In fact, by some accounts, the scope and intensity of workplace aggression is increasing, leading to greater incidences of employee-leveled aggression and diminished organizational productivity (Kennedy par. 3). Understanding the nature of workplace aggression is the first step in developing a plan of management to help mediate the negative effects of aggression in the workplace and improve the quality of the work environment. This study will examine such understanding and propose some suggestions for the basis of effective..."

Tags:workplace, aggression, understanding

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This paper presents a thorough explanation of aggression replacement training and the basic tenants of this form of therapy. The goal is to give adolescents alternatives to their aggression and antisocial behavior and teach them to recognize the precursors to their physically aggressive and threatening behavior. The author also cites the importance of adolescents considering the consequences of their actions and taking positive control of their situation. The paper further describes the three intervention techniques used that correspond with the three components of aggressive behavior.

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"A group format is generally used for this type of training, because the dynamics of the group can be used to help advance learning much more quickly. Some of the ways that learning is solidified are through role playing, homework assignments, and the repetition of important concepts (Glick, et al, 1986). There are both pre- and post-tests that are given to the adolescents in order to help determine whether the program was effective and how much skill development the participants have seen, and adults that have interaction with these adolescents outside of the group, such as probation officers, teachers, and parents, are given information that explains the techniques and terminology that are used in the program (Goldstein & Glick, 1994). "

Tags:Aggression, Replacement, Training, adolescents, social, skills

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The paper relates that geriatric aggression in care settings is a regular problem whose management dictates nurses' training. The paper discusses five papers, some referring to aggression as a patient management problem, others more instructive in terms of studies that promote nurses' understanding of how aggression is experienced by the patient towards supportive approaches to care. The paper analyzes these articles and discusses their strengths and weaknesses.

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"Aggression is a timeless problem sometimes found in geriatric patients suffering from Alzheimer's disease, dementia or miscellaneous psychiatric disorders. As Western chronic care for elders has become usual, nurses are bound to encounter aggressive patients in geriatric care units of one kind of another. Five articles introduced in this paper were publications of 2002 to 2006 as demonstrate different attitudes towards patient aggression and its management, most articles referring in some respect to the importance of nurses or other caregivers receiving specific and practical..."

Tags:gerontology, aggression, care settings

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This paper examines both sides of the issue of aggression and violence-related toys and decides in favor of the opinion that such toys do contribute to violence and aggression.

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"The proposition that toys are cues for aggression has been widely propounded in recent years. Extreme acts of child aggression, including murders and mutilations, have raised the question of the root causes of childhood aggression among parents, psychologists and law enforcement. A quick glance at children's entertainment; media-cartoons full of violence, toys that reflect violence and violent video games, suggests that perhaps these violent images could be acting as cues for aggression that in some cases is otherwise inexplicable. On the other hand..."

Tags:toys, aggression, violence, psychology

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This paper discusses relational aggression in female adolescents. The paper explains that the topic is important in developmental psychology and explores how it has impacted the field of human development. The paper also studies new questions raised by recent research into relational aggression in girls.

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"The following presents a review of the current research regarding relational aggression in female adolescents. This presentation will also include a discussion of how this topic is important in developing..."

Tags:relational, aggression, girls, adolescents

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The thesis of this paper is that there are many causal contributors to aggression, but the most significant contributor to the development and maintenance of aggressive behavior consists of learning mechanisms. Support for this thesis was said to be found in the facts that: (1) non-learning theory models have only limited support in the existing research; (2)non-learning theory models are not as comprehensive explanatory frameworks as learning theory models; and (3)learning theory models have extensive research support and explain aggressive behavior in most of the population.

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"Adams defines aggression as behavior designed to intentionally harm or cause pain to another. The search for the underlying causes of aggression has long been one of the most focused upon areas of human psychology, and part of this focus has been the search to discover what factors give rise to it. In this regard, contemporary psychology holds that aggression is multiply determined, which is to say that it has several causes. However, the thesis of this report is that primarily..."

Tags:aggression, learning theories, behavior

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This paper discusses five Biblical scriptures on the subjects of anger, aggression and impulse control.

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"Scriptures: Anger. "Ephesians - Be ye angry and sin not let not the sun go down upon your wrath. Neither give place to the devil Luke. And blessed happy-with life-joy and satisfaction in God's favor and salvation apart from outward conditions-and to be envied is he who takes no offense in Me and who is not hurt or resentful or annoyed or repelled or made to stumble whatever may occur. "And blessed happy-with life-joy and satisfaction in God's..."

Tags:anger, aggression, self-control, Bible, Christian, religion

Abstract
This paper summarizes a 2000 article entitled "Evaluating theories of alcohol-related aggression using observations of young adults in bars." The paper addresses adolescent's relationship with alcohol and the drinking environment in general. The paper also details the methodology of the study and the results, and offers insights into the study's findings.

Tags:alcohol, aggression, adults, studies

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In this article, the writer notes that the apparent effects of TV violence on aggression in children and adolescents have long been suspected. The writer points out that the effect of violent video games on children's aggression is not so well known. This paper explores the relationship between exposure to violent television and video games and the development of aggression in children and adolescents. The paper explains that this link is extremely important because in recent years in North America there has been a noticeable increase in children's violence. The writer maintains that if a strong link can be found between TV and video game violence, this could have implications for reducing and controlling the degree of violence that is presently witnessed in society. The writer concludes that the research into the effects of TV and video violence on child and adolescent aggression suggests that a certain child or adolescent under very specific conditions will very likely act out aggression after viewing a violent TV program or video game.

Outline:
Introduction
Violence in Television
Explanations of Media Impact on Aggression
Violent TV, Violent Video Games and Aggression
Conclusion

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"Sherry conducted a meta-analysis of research into video games and found that the effect of violent video games on aggression in children is less than what results from violent TV programming. The video games studies ranged over the 25-year period from 1975 to 2000. An analysis was made of all the studies during that time by analyzing the results of those studies. The effects of the more violent and graphic games were compared with the less violent games. The most important finding from this meta-analysis was that the longer the children were exposed to violent video games, the less of an effect was produced on aggression. It appeared that the children and adolescents had to be already angered and aggressive before the video game began in order for it to produce any effect. Other researchers have also observed that video games are different in their effect on aggression from TV. According to Browne and Hamilton-Giachritsis, video games merely amplify the effect which already exists of aggressive feelings and thoughts in the child or adolescent."

Tags:images, violent, programs, behavior

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The primary focus of this paper is an examination of aggression related to behavioral types in order to determine the extent to which aggression relates to behavior. Three separate aggression analysis scales are used to survey undergraduate students to determine what behavior types and other aggression patterns could be distinguished between men and women. In addition, a comprehensive literature review is presented that examined prior research conducted with regard to aggression and behavior. The paper contends that the results suggest that men are more likely to demonstrate aggression associated with behaviors related to their perceptions of self-esteem and peer pressure and other behavioral dysfunctions or discomfort. Women are more likely to be the victims of aggression, but will act out when provoked. These ideas are explored in the paper in greater detail.

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"From a behavioral standpoint aggression exhibited in males has been linked with behavioral patterns including a concern with honor and face-saving mechanisms, particularly in certain subcultures including the southern U.S. (Graham & Wells, 2001: 595). In other studies male aggression is considered a more 'normative' behavior pattern and among males generally considered more acceptable and pleasurable as an activity (Graham & Wells, 2001). The primary behavior associated with aggression in females that is suggested by studies is jealousy, though aggression in women has also been linked with previous aggression or misbehavior from another person that incites aggressive activities in the female aggressor (Graham & Wells, 2001). This behavioral trait may be linked to insecurities or peer pressure that causes females to feel the need to compete. Females are more likely to demonstrate female to female aggression rather than aggressive tendencies toward a member of the opposite sex as well (Bateman et. al, 1998)."

Tags:violence, jealousy, behavioral, dysfunctions