Reducing Adolescents' Aggressive and Hostile Behaviors

Spoth, Richard; Redmond, Cleve; Shin, Chungyeol

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“…The initial measurements support previous fi ndings that girls with bullying behavior often were bullying victims themselves [23] , show relatively high violence-related behavior and sexual risk-taking behavior levels [4,5,[24][25][26] and anger levels [10,19] , in addition to disturbed interpersonal relationship patterns [11,20] . Their initial general health perceptions, vitality, social functioning, role limitations resulting from emotional problems and mental health were distinctly below normal values [8,21] .…”

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Bullying Girls – Changes after Brief Strategic Family Therapy: A Randomized, Prospective, Controlled Trial with One-Year Follow-Up

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Luley

Krawczyk

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Psychother Psychosom

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Background: Many girls bully others. They are conspicuous because of their risk-taking behavior, increased anger, problematic interpersonal relationships and poor quality of life. Our aim was to determine the efficacy of brief strategic family therapy (BSFT) for bullying-related behavior, anger reduction, improvement of interpersonal relationships, and improvement of health-related quality of life in girls who bully, and to find out whether their expressive aggression correlates with their distinctive psychological features. Methods: 40 bullying girls were recruited from the general population: 20 were randomly selected for 3 months of BSFT. Follow-up took place 12 months after the therapy had ended. The results of treatment were examined using the Adolescents’ Risk-taking Behavior Scale (ARBS), the State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory (STAXI), the Inventory of Interpersonal Problems (IIP-D), and the SF-36 Health Survey (SF-36). Results: In comparison with the control group (CG) (according to the intent-to-treat principle), bullying behavior in the BSFT group was reduced (BSFT-G from n = 20 to n = 6; CG from n = 20 to n = 18, p = 0.05) and statistically significant changes in all risk-taking behaviors (ARBS), on most STAXI, IIP-D, and SF-36 scales were observed after BSFT. The reduction in expressive aggression (Anger-Out scale of the STAXI) correlated with the reduction on several scales of the ARBS, IIP-D, and SF-36. Follow-up a year later showed relatively stable events. Conclusions: Our findings suggest that bullying girls suffer from psychological and social problems which may be reduced by the use of BSFT. Expressive aggression in girls appears to correlate with several types of risk-taking behavior and interpersonal problems, as well as with health-related quality of life.

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“…Treatments for aggression should generally combine pharmacological agents [9,10] and environmental or psychotherapeutic (as well as family therapeutic) [11][12][13] measures. The degree of family confl ict, domestic violence, and family support have a critical infl uence on the extent of this problem [13,14] .…”

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Bullying Girls – Changes after Brief Strategic Family Therapy: A Randomized, Prospective, Controlled Trial with One-Year Follow-Up

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Luley

Krawczyk

et al. 2005

Psychother Psychosom

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“…The study also confirms the results of research conducted by other authors who described the effectiveness of outpatient family therapy. [15][16][17][18][19]21 …”

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“…10 The degrees of family conflict, domestic violence, and family support all have a critical impact on the extent of the problem. 11 Treatment for aggression is based on the underlying causes and should generally combine pharmacologic [12][13][14] and environmental or psychotherapeutic (as well as family therapeutic) [15][16][17][18][19] measures.…”

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Anger, Interpersonal Relationships, and Health-Related Quality of Life in Bullying Boys Who Are Treated With Outpatient Family Therapy: A Randomized, Prospective, Controlled Trial With 1 Year of Follow-up

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ABSTRACT.Objective. Ten to 30% of students engage in bullying behavior. Bullies stand out on account of increased anger, poor interpersonal relationships, and poor quality of life. Our aim was to determine the effectiveness of outpatient family psychotherapy as a monotherapy for anger reduction and improvement of behavior and interpersonal relationships and of health-related quality of life in male youths with bullying behavior.Methods. Twenty-two boys with bullying behavior took part in a family therapy program for 6 months. The control group was also composed of 22 youths and took part in a placebo intervention program. Every 2 weeks, results were checked with the Adolescents Risky-Behavior Scale (ARBS), the State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory (STAXI), the Inventory of Interpersonal Problems (IIP-D), and the SF-36 Health Survey (SF-36). Follow-up testing took place 12 months after treatment.Results. In comparison with the control group (according to the intention-to-treat principle), bullying behavior was reduced (family therapy group: from n ‫؍‬ 22 to n ‫؍‬ 6; control group: from n ‫؍‬ 22 to n ‫؍‬ 20). Significant changes on all ARBS scales and on the STAXI scales State-Anger, Trait-Anger, Anger-Out, and Anger-Control were observed after 6 months. In the IIP-D, significant differences were found on the scales for overly autocratic, overly competitive, overly introverted, overly expressive, and exploitable/compliant. In the SF-36, significant differences were observed in general health perceptions, vitality, social functioning, role-emotional, and mental health. The reduction in expression of anger correlated with a reduction in several scales of the ARBS, IIP-D, and SF-36. Follow-up after 1 year showed relatively stable, lasting treatment effects.Conclusion. The results of this study show that outpatient family therapy seems to be an effective method of reducing anger and improving interpersonal relationships and health-related quality of life in male youths with bullying behavior. Pediatrics 2005;116:e247-e254. URL: www.pediatrics.org/cgi

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“…The findings showed that the intervention with family involvement achieved a 35% reduction in felonies, a 30% reduction in violent crime, and a 21% reduction in misdemeanors. Similarly, brief interventions aimed at improving family mediation skills may reduce not only the incidence of hostile interactions between parents and young people in the home, but also the incidence of violent or aggressive behavior by young people outside the home, as demonstrated by the Iowa Strengthening Families Program (Spoth et al, 2000). A US study by Terzian et al (2011) identified effective strategies for reducing risky behaviors, through a meta-analysis of 123 programs designed to prevent or reduce aggressive behavior, with direct impacts determined through experimental evaluations.…”

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Las tutorías como estrategia para apoyar procesos de inclusión social juvenil: Evidencias y desafíos

Maleš¹,

Ochoa²,

Sorio³

2017

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work is licensed under a Creative Commons IGO 3.0 AttributionNonCommercial-NoDerivatives (CC-IGO BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/ legalcode) and may be reproduced with attribution to the IDB and for any non-commercial purpose. No derivative work is allowed.Any dispute related to the use of the works of the IDB that cannot be settled amicably shall be submitted to arbitration pursuant to the UNCITRAL rules. The use of the IDB's name for any purpose other than for attribution, and the use of IDB's logo shall be subject to a separate written license agreement between the IDB and the user and is not authorized as part of this CC-IGO license.Note that link provided above includes additional terms and conditions of the license.The opinions expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Inter-American Development Bank, its Board of Directors, or the countries they represent. SummaryThe social development gains made by Latin America and the Caribbean have driven the need for differentiated services to enhance the inclusion of specific groups and to respond more effectively to their vulnerabilities. In the case of adolescence-a key stage in life during which skills are accumulated and conditions created for a full and independent adult life-tutoring programs have emerged as a promising alternative to reduce risk behaviors and encourage positive life paths.Establishing a bond of trust with an unrelated adult peer acts as a protective factor by offering a positive behavioral model at a key moment of the transition into adulthood. The expectation is that the mentoring process will generate impacts on the young person's social-emotional and cognitive development and the formation of his or her identity.In this study, we propose to analyze some recent evidence on individual mentoring programs. Aspects including mentor profile, length of relationship, and frequency and type of activities, among others, determine the effectiveness of this methodology. Outcomes also vary depending on the objective the program seeks to achieve, such as academic performance, self-esteem enhancement, or reduction of risk behaviors.In addition, the study presents three promising programs in the region that incorporate professional mentoring into their work with at-risk youth: Caminho Melhor Jovem, the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Abriendo Caminos, the Security and Opportunities Subsystem of the Social Protection System, Chile; and Jóvenes en Red, the national government of Uruguay.

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Reducing Adolescents' Aggressive and Hostile Behaviors

Cited by 88 publications

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Bullying Girls – Changes after Brief Strategic Family Therapy: A Randomized, Prospective, Controlled Trial with One-Year Follow-Up

Bullying Girls – Changes after Brief Strategic Family Therapy: A Randomized, Prospective, Controlled Trial with One-Year Follow-Up

Anger, Interpersonal Relationships, and Health-Related Quality of Life in Bullying Boys Who Are Treated With Outpatient Family Therapy: A Randomized, Prospective, Controlled Trial With 1 Year of Follow-up

Las tutorías como estrategia para apoyar procesos de inclusión social juvenil: Evidencias y desafíos

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