Citation

Tremblay RE. Curr. Top. Behav. Neurosci. 2014; 17: 315-327.

Affiliation

School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Population Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, tremblar@grip.umontreal.ca.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/7854_2013_262

PMID

24549721

Abstract

This report describes the state of knowledge on the development of physical aggression from early childhood to adulthood, the long term outcomes of chronic physical aggression during childhood and the risk factors for chronic physical aggression. Unraveling the development of physical aggression is important to understand when and why humans start using physical aggression, to understand why some humans suffer from chronic physical aggression and to understand how to prevent the development of this disorder which causes much distress to the aggressors and their victims. The study of the developmental origins of aggression also sheds light on the reasons why situational prevention of aggression is important at all ages and in all cultures.

Language: en