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Annotation: The report describes a project assessing violence prevention interventions provided to adolescent victims of violence in hospital emergency departments (ED) and after discharge. Research objectives also include assessing the receptiveness of injured youth and their families presenting to the ED to violence prevention interventions, and determining the feasibility and effectiveness of an individualized home-based youth and family intervention with community involvement on outcomes of future injury, fighting, problem behavior, and aggression. Report contents include an abstract of the research program; an introduction discussing the nature of the research problem, and the purpose, scope, and methods of the investigation; an overview of the literature; study design and methods; the presentation of the findings including general status, risk and protective factors for assault injury, circumstances of assault injury presenting to the ED, mental health of assault injured youth, the assault injury as a sentinel event or teachable moment, and manuscripts in progress; a discussion of the findings; a list of products produced; and a list of literature cited. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University, E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.mchlibrary.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Adolescent mental health, Adolescents, Aggression, Assault, Final reports, Injuries, Intervention, MCH research, Trauma, Violence prevention

Annotation: This snapshot uses data from the 1997, 1999, and 2002 rounds of the National Survey of America's Families to determine whether the well-being and behavior of children and their family environments changed from the late 1990s to 2002. The snapshot pays particular attention to children in low-income families. It discusses (1) reading and storytelling, (2) engagement in school, (3) activities outside the home, (4) behavior and emotional problems, (5) parental aggression, and (6) child well-being by family income. The snapshot also includes a discussion. Statistical information is presented in tables throughout the snapshot. The snapshot concludes with references and endnotes.

Contact: Urban Institute, 500 L'Enfant Plaza, SW, Washington, DC 20024, E-mail: https://www.urban.org/about/contact-us Web Site: http://www.urban.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Aggression, Behavior problems, Child behavior, Children, Emotional instability, Families, Family income, Low income groups, Parents, Schools, Surveys

Annotation: This paper looks at some recent assumptions that have been made about girls and relational aggression. The paper refutes both the premise that aggression among girls is a new phenomenon and the notion that relational aggression is unique to girls. In addition, the paper offers concrete strategies based in research and developmentally appropriate practice that can be used to improve aspects of school climate that perpetuate aggression and reduce its prevalence in elementary and middle schools.

Contact: Wellesley Centers for Women, Wellesley College, 106 Central Street, Wellesley, MA 02481, Telephone: (781) 283-2500 Fax: (781) 283-2504 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.wcwonline.org $10.00, plus shipping and handling of $4.00.

Keywords: Adolescents, Aggression, Bullying, Children, Elementary school, Females, Interpersonal relations, Middle school, Relationships, Research

Annotation: This final report describes a longitudinal follow-up of a previously-funded study of the relationship between parental marital conflict and adolescent violence. Topics include violence between married parents, peer violence and victimization, sexual aggression and victimization, cultural factors and variances between Latin American and European American adolescents, and dating violence and victimization. Report contents include an executive summary; an introduction to the nature, scope, and methods of the investigation and findings; a review of the literature; a description of the study design and methods; research findings; a discussion of findings; a list of products generated during the course of the study; and references. Statistical data are presented in tables and figures at the end of the report. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: National Technical Information Service, O.S. Department of Commerce, 5301 Shawnee Road, Alexandria, VA 22312, Telephone: (703) 605-6050 Secondary Telephone: (888) 584-8332 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.ntis.gov Price unknown.

Keywords: Adolescent behavior, Adolescents, Aggression, California, Cultural factors, Domestic violence, Ethnic factors, Family violence, Final reports, Hispanic Americans, MCH research, Violence, Whites

Annotation: This book was written to assist group leaders in teaching anger management techniques to adolescents. The publication includes a brief history and description of the anger management model, specific group implementation plans and activities for each of the five modules in the program, and progress assessment tools.

Contact: National Educational Service, 1610 West Third Street, P.O. Box 8, Bloomington, IN 47402, Telephone: (800) 733-6786 Secondary Telephone: (812) 336-7700 Fax: (812) 336-7790 $18.95 plus $2.00 shipping. Document Number: ISBN 1-879639-29-7.

Keywords: Adolescents, Aggression, Anger, Assessment, Models, Violence prevention

Annotation: This report summarizes a research study which is part of the Early Parenting Project funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau and presented to a seminar January 27, 1994. This study focuses on preschool children of adolescent mothers, who are at a greater risk for developing conduct problems characterized by aggression, oppositional behavior, and hyperactivity. The report ends with reaction and a question and answer session. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health, Georgetown University, Telephone: (202) 784-9770 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.ncemch.org Photocopy available at no charge; also available from the website.

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Keywords: Acting out, Adolescent mothers, Aggression, Behavior disorders, Hyperactivity, MCH research, Preschool children

Annotation: This issue of the "Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Problems" focuses on the topic of rage and aggression. Articles address issues such as encountering rage, parenting a raging child, treatment myths, roots of violence, neurobiological patterns of aggression, anti-social behavior in school, parricide, teaching children nonviolence, and therapeutic crisis intervention.

Contact: National Educational Service, 1610 West Third Street, P.O. Box 8, Bloomington, IN 47402, Telephone: (800) 733-6786 Secondary Telephone: (812) 336-7700 Fax: (812) 336-7790 $12.00 plus $2.00 shipping.

Keywords: Adolescents, Aggression, Violence