PREVENTION RESEARCH WITH AGGRESSIVE, REJECTED CHILDREN

这是对ADAMHA RSA的请求。这个项目的长期目标是 是为了减少人群中多种形式的疾病的发生率 城市黑人青春期前儿童因慢性疾病而处于危险之中 在有效地与同龄人交往方面存在问题。首屈一指的 造成这些问题的原因是过于咄咄逼人。一个目标 他的项目是继续纵向跟踪三大 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、学校问题和 心理障碍。青少年早期适应的初步分析 支持这样一种假设，即攻击性强、被拒绝的儿童 与其他儿童相比，患紊乱的风险要大得多。二 提出了干预方案。一种是为了对 家长和老师以及咄咄逼人、被拒绝的孩子。这个 第二个涉及对干预方法的一系列调查 高度攻击性的二联体，先是在试验性的小群体中，然后在 学校环境。后一项研究的目标是改变敌意 属性，并确定方法是否 减少攻击性在减少攻击性方面也是成功的 面向更大的同级组的成员。 本研究的方向是更多地关注社会 风险儿童在其中互动的系统。一个目的就是寻求这一点 奖励是有更多的时间来开发方法 从广泛的视频集分析二元行为和群体行为 青春期前群体行为记录。与这一目标密切相关的是 分析攻击性重点变化的过程的机会 发生在这些相同的群体中。关于近期的计划 PI的专业成长是为了在最近几年获得更多的专业知识 适用于纵向的数据分析方法的发展， 流行病学数据集。更长期的目标是为研究做准备 关于情绪控制的发展。目前，初级阶段 攻击性研究的重点一直是认知中介因素 和社交技能缺陷。而这些都与情感密切相关 监管问题，很明显，监管和自律 情感对社会适应至关重要。

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.