Appetitive aggression – a rewarding perception of the perpetration of violence – seems to be an adaptation common to adverse conditions. Children raised within armed groups may develop attitudes and values that favour harming others when socialized within a combat force. Combatants who joined an armed force early in their lives should, therefore, perceive aggression in a more appetitive way tha...

BACKGROUND Aggression is a kind of behavior that causes damage or harm to others. The prevalence of aggression is 8-20% in 3-6 years old children. The present study aimed to assess the effect of training kindergarten teachers regarding reinforcement behavior therapy on preschoolers' aggression. METHODS In this cluster randomized control trial, 14 out of 35 kindergarten and preschool centers o...

Background. Nowadays, one sixth of the world's population is represented by adolescents, nearly 1.2 billion people being of age 10-19. According to the 2011 census in Iran, the estimation of adolescent population was 12 million, which represents 16% of the Iran population. Undoubtedly, adolescence is the most dominant stage of life. During this period, adolescents face biological, cognitive, an...

The ability to de-escalate confrontations with aggressive individuals is a useful skill, in particular within professions in public domains. Nevertheless, offering appropriate training that enables students to develop such skills is a nontrivial matter. As a complementary approach to real-world training, the STRESS project proposes a simulation-based environment for training of aggression de-es...

background: there is evidence that marital problems can contribute to child behavior problems. in fact, the way that parents solve their conflicts, such as aggression, physical violence, and poor communication skills, can eventually culminate in aggression and emotional problems in children. this study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of conflict resolution training on children’s behavioral ...