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Social synchrony, peer networks, and aggression in school

Aggression and Adaptation raises thought provoking questions about interpersonal functioning within social groups. The reader...

The impact of enhancing students’ social and emotional learning: A metaanalysis of schoolbased universal interventions

This article presents findings from a meta-analysis of 213 school-based, universal social and emotional learning...

The development and ecology of antisocial behavior in children and adolescents

apply the developmental psychopathology perspective to the development and ecology of antisocial behavior / review...

Classroom effects

This study examined the effectiveness of the universal component of the Fast Track prevention model:...

Effect of first-grade classroom environment on shy behavior, aggressive behavior, and concentration problems

Investigates the effect of the first-grade classroom environment on the shy behavior, aggressive behavior, and...

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder symptoms mediate early-onset smoking

Background/Aims: Symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have often been associated with early-onset smoking....

Testing sex-specific pathways from peer victimization to anxiety and depression in early adolescents through a randomized intervention trial

The aim of this study was to test for sex differences in the role of...

Preventing Disruptive Behavior in Elementary Schoolchildren: Impact of a Universal Classroom-Based Intervention

A population-based, randomized universal classroom intervention trial for the prevention of disruptive behavior (i.e., attention-deficit/hyperactivity...

The Organization of Behavior

Since its publication in 1949, D.O. Hebb's, The Organization of Behavior has been one of...

Rational snacking: Young children’s decision-making on the marshmallow task is moderated by beliefs about environmental reliability

Children are notoriously bad at delaying gratification to achieve later, greater rewards (e.g., Piaget, 1970)—and...