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Aggression and adaptation : the bright side to bad behavior / edited by Patricia H. Hawley, Todd D. Little, Philip C. Rodkin.

Other author/creatorHawley, Patricia H.
Other author/creatorLittle, Todd D.
Other author/creatorRodkin, Philip C. (Philip Craig)
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoMahwah, N.J. : L. Erlbaum Associates, 2007.
Descriptionxvi, 289 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subject(s)
Contents Social dominance in childhood and adolescence : why social competence and aggression may go hand in hand / Patricia H. Hawley -- Evolutionary/ecological account of aggressive behavior and trait aggression in human children and adolescents / Brian E. Vaughn and Antonio José Santos -- Why has aggression been thought of as maladaptive? / Peter K. Smith -- Is aggression adaptive? Yes : some kinds are and in some ways / Anthony D. Pellegrini -- Differential relations of instrumental and reactive aggression with maladjustment : does adaptivity depend on function / Noel A. Card and Todd D. Little -- Variations in the association between aggression and social status : theoretical and empirical perspectives / Antonius H. N. Cillessen and Lara Mayeux -- Praising Cordelia : social aggression and social dominance among adolescent girls / Lorrie K. Sippola, Jaime Paget, and Carie M. Buchanan -- Self, other, and aggression : the never-ending search for the roots of adaptation / William M. Bukowski and Maurissa Abecassis -- Social synchrony, peer networks, and aggression in school / Thomas W. Farmer ... [et al.] -- Aggression and adaptation : psychological record, educational promise / Philip C. Rodkin and Travis Wilson.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN9780805852455 (cloth)
ISBN080585245X (cloth)
ISBN9780805862348 (pbk.)
ISBN080586234X (pbk.)

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Joyner General Stacks BF724.3.A34 A44 2007 ✔ Available Place Hold