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Aggression and Peer Rejection in Childhood

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Advances in Clinical Child Psychology

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Aggression is a term that, taken in isolation, connotes negative images in the minds of most adults. Yet in a culture such as ours, with its fascination with figures such as Muhammed Ali and the mythic creations of Clint Eastwood and Sylvester Stallone, it is clear that aggression has a mixed impact on the imaginations of adults in our society. The same is true for children, for whom the individuals mentioned represent popular role models and heroes. Yet when investigators of peer rejection examine the reports of children and observe those who are rejected according to sociometric evidence, the single most compelling reason for peer rejection is aggressive behavior.

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Coie, J.D., Belding, M., Underwood, M. (1988). Aggression and Peer Rejection in Childhood. In: Lahey, B.B., Kazdin, A.E. (eds) Advances in Clinical Child Psychology. Advances in Clinical Child Psychology, vol 11. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-9829-5_3

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