Adolescents' Appraisal of Responses to Problem Situations and Their Relation to Aggression and Nonviolent Behavior.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study investigated adolescents' appraisals of responses to problematic situations and their relations to behavioral intentions for aggressive and nonviolent behavior. A key question was whether ratings of effective and ineffective nonviolent responses and aggressive responses reflect distinct constructs or opposite ends of a single dimension.

Method

A sample of 183 students at three middle schools in an urban public school system serving a mostly African American population completed measures of aggression, and rated responses to hypothetical situations on five dimensions: behavioral intention, effectiveness, descriptive norms, and anticipated reactions from friends and parents. Responses included nonviolent responses and aggressive responses to problematic si

SUBMITTER: Farrell AD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7989797 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature