Children can exhibit physical aggression when they are very young but that behavior typically declines before and during elementary school. However, a small proportion of children have atypically high ...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 118, No. 12 (March 23, 2021), pp. 1-8 (8 pages) Sex differences in physical aggression occur across human cultures ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – An expert on aggressive behavior in children will speak at Purdue University on Oct. 21 about her studies on how girls show hostility and what might be done to respond to it ...

You can always tell which side of an issue does not have the facts on its side. That’s the side that has spokespeople who yell, scream and avoid questions on TV and radio, and the side that attempts ...

The aim of this paper was to highlight how developmental psychopathology, epigenetics and prevention experiments are starting to blend together to explain the developmental causes of chronic physical ...

Aggression and self-harm often co-occur in individuals with a history of early-life trauma—a connection that has largely been documented by self-reporting in research and clinical settings. Adding to ...

New research has estimated the prevalence of human-directed aggression in different situations, and examined the potential risk factors for dogs showing aggression towards people. Aggressive dogs ...