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Early Development of Physical Aggression and Early Risk Factors for Chronic Physical Aggression in Humans

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Part of the book series: Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences ((CTBN,volume 17))

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This chapter describes the state of knowledge on the development of physical aggression from early childhood to adulthood, the long term outcomes of chronic physical aggression during childhood and the risk factors for chronic physical aggression. Unraveling the development of physical aggression is important to understand when and why humans start using physical aggression, to understand why some humans suffer from chronic physical aggression and to understand how to prevent the development of this disorder which causes much distress to the aggressors and their victims. The study of the developmental origins of aggression also sheds light on the reasons why situational prevention of aggression is important at all ages and in all cultures.

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  1. School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Population Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

    Richard E. Tremblay

  2. Departments of Pediatrics and Psychology, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada

    Richard E. Tremblay

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  1. Moses Hunt Professor of Psychology, Psychiatry, Pharmacol & Neurosci, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, USA

    Klaus A. Miczek

  2. Dept of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim, Germany

    Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg

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Tremblay, R.E. (2013). Early Development of Physical Aggression and Early Risk Factors for Chronic Physical Aggression in Humans. In: Miczek, K., Meyer-Lindenberg, A. (eds) Neuroscience of Aggression. Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences, vol 17. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/7854_2013_262

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