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Proximal Peer-Level Effects of a Small-Group Selected Prevention on Aggression in Elementary School Children: An Investigation of the Peer Contagion Hypothesis
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Springer Science + Business Media, Inc., 2005-06)
Examined peer contagion in small group, selected prevention programming over one school year. Participants were boys and girls in grades 3 (46 groups, 285 students) and 6 (36 groups, 219 students) attending school in ...
The Influence of American Urban Culture on the Development of Normative Beliefs About Aggression in Middle-Eastern Immigrants
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1999-04)
The effects of a community's culture on children's and adolescents' normative beliefs about the appropriateness of aggression were examined. One hundred forty-seven high school students and 103 fourth graders participated ...
Theoretical and Methodological Considerations in Cross-Generational Research on Parenting and Child Aggressive Behavior
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media, 2003-04)
The four studies in this special issue represent important advances in research on the intergenerational transmission of aggressive behavior. In this commentary, we review the key features and findings of these studies, ...
Normative Influences on Aggression in Urban Elementary School Classrooms
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media, 2000-02)
We report a study aimed at understanding the effects of classroom normative influences on individual aggressive behavior, using samples of 614 and 427 urban elementary school children. Participants were assessed with ...
Prospective Stories and Repairs: Pitting Two Novel Approaches Against Compensatory Schemes for Making, Justifying, and Influencing Multi-Attribute Decisions.
(2011)
This paper discusses two additional decision approaches beyond the traditional multi-attribute theory (the “matrix” approach where people weigh the pros and cons of a decision). The prospective story approach involves ...
Biography, Well-being and Personal Media: A Qualitative Study of Everyday Digital Photography Practices.
(2011)
Debates persist in both popular discourse and the academic literature about the relationships between technology use and well-being. In my dissertation research, I investigate these relationships within a particular set ...
Evaluating Approaches to Participation in Design: The Participants' Perspective.
(2011)
Landscape architects and other designers rely on users for feedback about their needs, concerns, and reactions to potential solutions. While these well-intended efforts often fail to meet their goals, evaluations of the ...