Theoretical Inquiry: Language, Linguistics, and Literature

Austin E. Quiqley

ISBN 10: 030010166X / ISBN 13: 9780300101669

Published by Yale University Press, 2003

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Theoretical Inquiry: Language, Linguistics, and Literature
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 030010166X
• ISBN 13: 9780300101669
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Like New
• Book Type: book

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Synopsis

Some children are prone to a particular kind of aggression when they are with their peers. For these children any harm done to them—even something as inconsequential as a jostle in the lunch line—is perceived as intentional. Their style of social information processing termed “hostile attributional bias ” increases the likelihood of retaliating with excessive and inappropriate physical aggression. In this valuable book parents and professionals who work with children will learn what can be done to better understand and control children’s aggression. Beginning with a reader-friendly review of the literature Cynthia Hudley underscores the substantial risks of long-term problems for elementary-school-age children who demonstrate aggressive behavior. Then drawing on her work as founder of a successful school intervention program the BrainPower Program Hudley describes methods for reducing children’s peer-directed aggression. She concludes with a discussion of the importance of broad social contexts in supporting nonaggressive behavior.     

About the Author

Austin E. Quigley is Dean of Columbia College, Columbia University, and former president of the Association of Literary Scholars and Critics.