In this article, we examine the construct of peer contagion in childhood and adolescence
and review studies of child and adolescent development that have identified peer contagion …

This chapter reviews 10 years of research on a developmental taxonomy of antisocial
behavior that proposed two primary hypothetical prototypes: life-course-persistent versus …

This article explored developmental and intervention evidence relevant to iatrogenic effects
in peer-group interventions. Longitudinal research revealed that “deviancy training” within …

This chapter presents 10 years of research into a developmental taxonomy of antisocial
behavior that proposed two primary hypothetical prototypes: life-course-persistent versus …

Developmental psychopathology seeks to unravel the complex connections among
biological, psychological, and social-contextual aspects of normal and abnormal …

Research on human aggression has been a flourishing industry in the 20th century. As the
attention shifted from an instinctual paradigm to a drive paradigm and a social learning …

A semi‐parametric mixture model was used with a sample of 1,037 boys assessed
repeatedly from 6 to 15 years of age to approximate a continuous distribution of …

Peer group contextual effects of aggressive behavior among middle school students (6th–
8th graders) were examined using a short–term longitudinal design. More specifically, the …

OBJECTIVE:: To review empirical findings on oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) and
conduct disorder (CD). METHOD:: Selected summaries of the literature over the past decade …

Modern theories of child development say that, to understand aggressive behavior, we must
look within the child. This book says otherwise: to change aggressive behavior, we must …