PREVENTION RESEARCH WITH AGGRESSIVE, REJECTED CHILDREN

这是对ADAMHA RSA的请求。 本项目的长期目标 是减少人群中多种疾病的发生率 黑人，城市青春期前的人， 与同龄人有效相处的问题。 吏长 造成这些问题的原因是过分的侵略性。 一个目标 该项目的主要目标是继续对三个大型项目进行纵向跟踪， 关于同伴关系、社会行为和成就的数据 是在青春期前的几个时间点获得的。 青少年适应 是从多个来源对青少年犯罪，学校问题， 心理障碍 青少年早期适应的初步分析 支持这一假设，即攻击性，被拒绝的儿童在 患精神障碍的风险比其他孩子大得多。 两 提出了干预方案。 一个是为了影响 父母和老师以及好斗的被拒绝的孩子。 的 第二是一系列干预方法的调查， 高度侵略性的二对，首先在实验小组，然后在 学校设置。 后一项研究的目的是改变敌对的 属性之间的二元组成员，并确定方法， 减少攻击性在二人组中也能成功地减少攻击性 更大的同龄人群体的成员。 这项研究的方向是更加关注社会 风险儿童互动的系统。 一个目的是寻求这个 奖励是有更多的时间来开发方法， 从大量的视频中分析二元和群体行为 青春期前群体行为的记录 与这一目标密切相关的是 有机会分析攻击性集中变化的过程， 都发生在这些群体中。 关于立即计划 PI的专业成长是在最近获得更多的专业知识， 数据分析方法的发展， 流行病学数据集。 更长远的目标是为研究做准备 情绪控制能力的发展 目前，主要 攻击性研究的重点一直是认知中介因素 和社交技能缺陷。 虽然这些与情感密切相关， 监管问题，很明显，监督和自我监管， 情感对社会调整至关重要。

This is a request for an ADAMHA RSA. The long range goal of this project is to reduce the incidence of multiple forms of disorder in a population of black, urban preadolescents who are at risk because of chronic problems in relating effectively with their peers. Chief among the causes of these problems is that of excessive aggressiveness. One goal of he project is to continue a longitudinal follow-up of three large cohorts on whom data on peer relations, social behavior and achievement were obtained at several points in preadolescence. Adolescent adjustment is assessed from multiple sources on delinquency, school problems, and psychological disorder. Initial analyses of early adolescent adjustment support the hypothesis that aggressive, rejected children are at significantly greater risk for disorder than other children. Two intervention programs are proposed. One is designed to have impact on parents and teachers as well as aggressive, rejected children. The second involves a series of investigations of intervention methods with highly aggressive dyads, first in experimental small groups and then in school settings. The goal of these latter studies is to alter hostile attributions between dyad members and determine whether methods that reduce aggression within dyads are also successful in reducing aggression toward members of the larger peer group. The direction of this research is toward greater attention to the social systems in which risk children interact. One purpose is seeking this award is to have greater time available for developing methods for analyzing dyadic and group behavior from the extensive set of video records of preadolescent group behavior. Closely related to this goal is opportunity to analyze the process by which focused change in aggression takes place within these same groups. On immediate plan for the professional growth of the PI is to acquire greater expertise in recent developments in data analytic methods appropriate for longitudinal, epidemiological data sets. A longer term goal is to prepare for research on the development of emotional control. At present, the primary emphasis of aggression research has been on cognitive mediation factors and social skill deficits. While these are closely related to emotional regulation issues, it is clear that the monitoring and self-regulation of affect is critical to social adjustment.