Citation

Reebye P, Moretti M. Can. Child. Adolesc. Psychiatry Rev. 2005; 14(1): 2-.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2005, Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)

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Abstract

There is a pressing need to understand the factors that give rise to and maintain aggressive behavior across childhood and adolescence. As several papers in this issue note, juvenile justice statistics point to rising levels of antisocial behavior among youth. The papers contained in this volume touch upon a number of important issues in the developmental study of aggression, yet we must recognize that the field is still in its infancy. Research is challenged by basic questions such as how to define aggression; how it is different from antisocial behavior on the one hand and violent behavior on the other. Many children and adolescents engage in antisocial behavior but far fewer engage in aggressive or violent acts: the developmental trajectories of these two groups appear different. This special issue of the journal is an attempt to touch upon issues that are germane to clinicians' daily life. Why are some preschoolers suspended from preschools and daycare for aggressive behavior? Why is it that multiple attachment disruptions are conducive of making some but not all children vulnerable to aggression? And what is it that shared environment and genetics tell us? This issue is the result of combined efforts and time spent by the experts in the field and time spent by the reviewers and our editor and her staff.

Language: en