A Changing Profile of Aggression in Schools: Its Impact and Implications for School Personnel

Abstract

This article reports the results of a national survey of school principals and assistant principals regarding the frequency and trends of student aggression over the past two decades The authors describe reactive and proactive subtypes of youth aggression, present the findings of a study that examined current (and changing) trends in reactive and proactive youth aggression and their impact on the educational process, and identify approaches to student aggression for school personnel that are appropriate to the reactive and proactive subtypes and responsive to their current trends.

Key Words:

• aggression
• proactive
• reactive
• violence
• youth

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Notes on contributors

Glenn W. Lambie

Charles R. McAdams III is an associate professor of counseling in the School of Education at The College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, and Glenn W. Lambie is an assistant professor of Human Development and Psychological Counseling at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina.