In the classic "Bobo doll" studies, children witnessed adults play with a rubber, inflated toy. The adults either behaved aggressively towards the doll, such as hitting it with a hammer or kicking it, ...

Research scientists say kids who are persistently aggressive or defiant in their teens were likely showing signs of persistent aggressive behavior years earlier when they are toddlers. Sometimes as a ...

All children (like all people) can be verbally and physically aggressive. All children (like all people) are more likely to act aggressively when frustrated. Neuro-developmentally atypical children ...

Erinn Acland has previously received funding from the Quebec Network on Suicide, Mood Disorders and Related Disorders, NSERC, and the University of Toronto Centre for the Study of Pain. Joanna Peplak ...

Yale researchers are using a machine learning-based approach to reveal the connections between brain networks and child aggression — a symptom of child psychiatric disorders. Childhood disorders may ...

In adolescent boys, exposure to violent television content during their preschool years is associated with increased levels of self-reported proactive aggression, physical aggression, and antisocial ...

At least half of all autistic children experience some form of aggression, such as hitting, kicking or name-calling, while their parents are tasked with helping them cope and integrate socially. Yet ...

If passed, Kentucky would join Ohio and several other states with similar laws. Ohio's version went into effect last April.