Pub Date : 2025-04-07DOI: 10.1016/j.avb.2025.102053
Glenn D. Walters
This paper offers a theoretical treatise on the animal cruelty-later offending relationship in the form of a developmental antecedent-reciprocal effects model. The model itself consists of three elements (animal cruelty, low empathy, and moral neutralization) believed to be bidirectionally related to one another and either unidirectionally or bidirectionally linked to certain environmental/external events and experiences, to include victimization, opportunities for social learning, and schedules of reinforcement. Hence, animal cruelty can be both a cause and effect of low empathy, moral neutralization is just as likely to shape animal cruelty as animal cruelty is to shape moral neutralization, and low empathy both drives and is driven by neutralization. Progression at the apex of the model (in this case, animal cruelty) occurs as the individual moves from safe targets and objectives to less safe targets and objectives they find more reinforcing (smaller animal → larger animal → bullying → delinquency). A research agenda is laid out in which longitudinal data are used to map the various relationships proposed by the model and recommendations for assessment and intervention are offered.
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Aggression, influenced by biological, psychological, and environmental factors, poses a significant public health concern. This paper reviews the hormonal influences on youth aggression, focusing on cortisol and testosterone. Employing PRISMA guidelines, we systematically searched major databases to identify relevant studies involving children and adolescents. Among the 79 articles that met the inclusion criteria, the findings were predominantly non-significant or mixed. Significant results suggest a modest correlation between testosterone and aggression specifically in adolescents. Cortisol demonstrated a more complex pattern, with low cortisol levels associated with increased aggression in adolescents, particularly in males, while findings in younger children were less conclusive. The interaction between testosterone and cortisol in relation to aggression also varied; high testosterone and low cortisol were linked to increased aggression in adolescent samples. These results highlight the intricate interplay of hormonal influences on aggression, modulated by age and sex. The observed association between elevated testosterone and aggression in adolescence aligns with testosterone's role in status-driven behaviors. Consistent with the dual-hormone hypothesis, the influence of testosterone on aggression appears to be moderated by cortisol levels, suggesting adolescence as a critical period for targeted interventions. Future research should prioritize longitudinal studies to clarify these relationships and further test the dual-hormone hypothesis across developmental stages.
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Pub Date : 2025-03-11DOI: 10.1016/j.avb.2025.102050
James Lewis, Sarah Marsden
This article sets out the findings of a Campbell systematic review examining the effectiveness and implementation of case management tools and approaches used to counter radicalisation to violence. This review found that the effectiveness of these tools and approaches remains poorly understood owing to the continued absence of robust impact evaluations. However, by breaking the case management process down into its constituent parts, from client identification to client assessment; case planning, implementation and delivery; monitoring and evaluation; through to exit and transition, this review was able to uncover a robust body of evidence relating to the implementation of different stages of the case management process, and programmes as-a-whole. Based on an analysis of 47 studies, the systematic review identified a range of factors that support the effective implementation of case management interventions. These include the availability of relevant tools; strong multi-agency working arrangements; intervention teams holding relevant knowledge and expertise; and adequate resourcing. In contrast, the absence of these factors can inhibit implementation, as can reliance on overly risk-oriented logics; public and political pressure; and the features of the legislative context within which programmes are delivered. The paper concludes by outlining the implications of the review, and discusses avenues for future research.
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Pub Date : 2025-03-07DOI: 10.1016/j.avb.2025.102049
Tiphaine Clerincx , Hebe Schaillée , Ramón Spaaij
Psychologically violent behavior among children in sports is often studied within two separate silos: psychological violence (PV) and psychological bullying. This division has resulted in largely isolated fields of research and intervention. Examining the operationalization of both PV and psychological bullying together can contribute to the development of more comprehensive interventions for preventing psychologically violent behavior among children in sports. This systematic review aims to explore how qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-methods studies have operationalized and measured psychologically violent behavior in youth sports. Twenty-five publications, published between 2008 and 2022, were analyzed using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. The findings highlight the need to address a broader range of psychologically violent behaviors among children in sports, including inciting peers to engage in doping practices and promoting harmful weight-gain or weight-cutting behaviors. The results suggest the importance of adopting an integrated prevention approach to tackle PV and psychological bullying in youth sports. Such an approach should consider the roles of victims, perpetrators, and bystanders, while also accounting for the influence of peer relationships and the critical need for adequate support and education. Fostering a safe sports environment requires collaborative efforts, where young athletes are encouraged to use their influence constructively, and responsibility is shared among coaches, athletes, parents, and other key stakeholders within the sports community.
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Pub Date : 2025-02-02DOI: 10.1016/j.avb.2025.102036
Tamara Pritz, Shihning Chou
Existing research on public violence against the police is limited. This scoping review aimed to offer an overview of the characteristics and the findings of existing primary research, identifying methodological and knowledge gaps to inform future research. It followed Joanna Briggs Institute scoping review guidelines, with a protocol established before the review started. Relevant citations were searched and screened based on predefined inclusion and exclusion criteria. The data of the included publications were charted with a pre-defined template and then synthesized narratively.
The initial de-duplicated electronic searches returned 796 citations. An additional 29 relevant citations were found through hand searching. Overall, 62 publications met the inclusion criteria. Areas covered included characteristics of victimized officers, perpetrators, and situations; impacts on officers and organizations; comparisons with other occupations; socio-political factors; and methodologies used. It was found that police officers face various forms of external workplace violence, including verbal abuse, threats, and physical violence, sometimes fatal. Most victim officers were younger males, with higher levels of victimization involving minor physical violence and verbal threats. Despite some common findings on situational and environmental correlates, there is no definitive profile of individuals who assault police officers or consistent predictors for serious violence. Research mostly used quantitative secondary analyses of organizational and government databases with limited primary research found. Research focused more on the extent and the correlates of external workplace violence than impacts, interventions, or prevention. Increased use of mixed-methods and qualitative research is suggested to better understand the phenomenon and develop appropriate prevention and welfare programs.
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Pub Date : 2025-02-02DOI: 10.1016/j.avb.2025.102035
Jules R. Dugré , Christian J. Hopfer , Drew E. Winters
Aggression is a worldwide issue that has significant consequences for both the victims and societies. However, aggression may vary in its underlying motivation (i.e., reactive versus proactive) and the forms in which it occurs (i.e., physical versus verbal). Yet, functional brain correlates differentiating these types remains largely unknown. A systematic search was conducted up to May 1st 2023, using PubMed, Google Scholar, and Web of Science, to identify relevant functional neuroimaging studies that included measures of General Aggression, Reactive Aggression, Proactive Aggression, Physical Aggression and Verbal Aggression. Coordinate-based meta-analysis was conducted using both spatial convergence (ALE) and effect-size (SDM-PSI) approaches. Sixty-seven functional neuroimaging studies met the inclusion criteria. Meta-analysis revealed similar yet distinct neural correlates for General Aggression (i.e., Amygdala, Precuneus, Intraparietal Sulcus, Angular and Middle Temporal Gyri), Reactive Aggression (i.e., Amygdala, Periaqueductal Grey, Posterior Insula, & Central Opercular Cortex), Proactive Aggression (i.e., Septal Area, & Amygdala), Physical Aggression (i.e., Dorsal Premotor Cortex, Dorsal Caudate, & Dorsal Anterior Cingulate Cortex), and Verbal (i.e., Dorsal Anterior Cingulate Cortex). Exploratory analyses revealed the importance of affective, cognitive and social cognition processes as well as serotoninergic, dopaminergic, and cholinergic systems in the neural underpinnings of aggressive behaviors. Our findings highlight the importance of examining the types of aggression (i.e., motivation and forms) within a transdiagnostic framework. Therefore, characterizing the neurobiological substrates of aggression may expand our search for targeted neuromodulation and pharmacological treatments.
侵略是一个世界性的问题,对受害者和社会都有重大后果。然而,攻击在其潜在动机(即反应性与主动性)和发生形式(即肢体攻击与言语攻击)上可能有所不同。然而,区分这些类型的功能性大脑相关因素在很大程度上仍然未知。系统检索截止到2023年5月1日,使用PubMed、谷歌Scholar和Web of Science,以确定相关的功能神经影像学研究,包括一般攻击、反应性攻击、主动攻击、身体攻击和言语攻击。采用空间收敛(ALE)和效应大小(SDM-PSI)方法进行基于坐标的meta分析。67项功能性神经影像学研究符合纳入标准。meta分析显示,一般攻击(杏仁核、楔前叶、顶叶内沟、角颞回和中颞回)和反应性攻击(杏仁核、导水管周围灰质、脑岛后部等)之间存在相似但不同的神经关联。中央眼窝皮层),主动攻击(即间隔区,&;杏仁核),身体攻击(即,背侧运动前皮质,尾状背,和;背前扣带皮层)和语言(即背前扣带皮层)。探索性分析揭示了情感、认知和社会认知过程以及血清素、多巴胺和胆碱能系统在攻击行为神经基础中的重要性。我们的研究结果强调了在跨诊断框架内检查攻击类型(即动机和形式)的重要性。因此,表征攻击的神经生物学基础可能会扩大我们对靶向神经调节和药物治疗的研究。
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Pub Date : 2025-01-23DOI: 10.1016/j.avb.2025.102034
David Roncero, Román D. Moreno-Fernández, Álvaro Fernández-Moreno
Interventions based on Virtual Reality (VR) appear to be a promising option for the treatment of aggression, enabling the creation of immersive simulations for individuals to learn and practice strategies in a controlled and supervised environment.
The aim of this study is to determine the effectiveness of VR interventions in reducing anger, aggression and impulsiveness. A systematic search produced eleven valid articles for a meta-analysis consisting of a total sample of 479 participants aged 26.37 ± 18.5, of whom 88.1 % were men.
The study found a statistically significant reduction in observer reported aggression (g = −0.27; p = 0.029), self-reported aggression (g = −0.47; p < 0.001), anger (g = −0.74; p = 0.005) and impulsiveness (g = −0.47; p < 0.001). Regarding the possible improvement over conventional therapies or waiting list control groups, the weighted mean difference analysis revealed a significant overall effect favouring VR intervention over the control groups (g = −1.05; p = 0.003), although specific analysis for the different outcomes could not be conducted due to the limited number of studies reporting control group data.
These results suggest that the use of VR can be effective in reducing aggression, anger and impulsiveness. Differences in effectiveness may be partially explained by the heterogeneity of the interventions and study samples. The possible biases of the selected studies and the limitations of the meta-analysis itself are considered. Future research may use these findings to optimise the effectiveness of therapeutic interventions using VR.
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Pub Date : 2025-01-14DOI: 10.1016/j.avb.2025.102032
Robert Slonje, Peter K. Smith, Susanne Robinson
Several bibliometric analyses have commented on the rapid growth of research on bullying, and especially school bullying, over recent decades. There is now an international research effort, which might be called a research program, with several articles appearing on a daily basis. We review the previous bibliometric studies on school bullying and cyberbullying, which have mainly used the Web of Science database. To examine the content of research articles on bullying, we report an extension of previous research (Smith et al. 2021) to an examination of randomly selected samples of 100 journal articles relevant to school bullying over each of four time periods: 1976–95, 1996–2005, 2006–2015 and 2016–2020. Besides the number and country/continent of authors, and proportion of cross-country studies, we report on the type of article. For empirical articles, we report on the type of study (cross-sectional, longitudinal), type of data (quantitative, qualitative), source of data (e.g., self-reports, peer-reports, teacher nominations), main data focus (definitions/methodology, prevalence, correlates, attitudes, coping, cross-national), different types of bullying, various peer roles (bully, victim, bystanders etc.), differences in bullying (age, gender, ethnicity, disability), prejudice-based bullying, correlates of roles (e.g., individual, family, school, societal factors), peer roles, significant others, and interventions. We summarise what this analysis tells us about the development and focus of this research program, and some challenges the program faces in the future.
最近几十年来,一些文献计量学分析评论了欺凌研究的快速增长,尤其是校园欺凌。现在有一项国际研究努力,可以称之为研究计划,每天都有几篇文章发表。我们回顾了以往关于校园欺凌和网络欺凌的文献计量研究,这些研究主要使用的是Web of Science数据库。为了检查欺凌研究文章的内容,我们报告了先前研究(Smith et al. 2021)的扩展,对随机选择的100篇与学校欺凌相关的期刊文章样本进行了检查,这些论文分别在1976-95年、1996-2005年、2006-2015年和2016-2020年四个时间段:1976-95年、1996-2005年、2006-2015年和2016-2020年。除了作者的数量和国家/大陆,以及跨国研究的比例外,我们还报告了文章的类型。对于实证文章,我们报告了研究类型(横断面,纵向),数据类型(定量,定性),数据来源(例如,自我报告,同行报告,教师提名),主要数据焦点(定义/方法,患病率,相关性,态度,应对,跨国),不同类型的欺凌,不同的同伴角色(欺凌者,受害者,旁观者等),欺凌差异(年龄,性别,种族,残疾),基于偏见的欺凌,角色(如个人、家庭、学校、社会因素)、同伴角色、重要他人和干预措施的相关性。我们总结了这个分析告诉我们的关于这个研究项目的发展和重点,以及项目在未来面临的一些挑战。
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Pub Date : 2025-01-04DOI: 10.1016/j.avb.2024.102022
Douglas Hugh Russell , Sebastian Trew , Rhiannon Smith , Daryl John Higgins , Kerryann Walsh
From a public health perspective, strategies for addressing children's harmful sexual behaviors often focus on secondary or tertiary prevention rather than primary prevention. Prevention efforts have also typically focused on preventing victimization by adults; yet a high proportion of child sexual abuse is perpetrated by other children and young people. We systematically reviewed the research on primary prevention strategies for harmful sexual behaviors in children and young people. We searched 6 databases, extracted data relating to program setting and focus, participant demographics, outcomes measured, and program success., We conducted a narrative synthesis in line with the SwiM guidelines (Popay et al., c2006), and conducted individual quality assessments of the included studies. 20 studies met our inclusion criteria. Primary prevention strategies were typically implemented in schools with primary/elementary, middle, and high school aged students. All programs included harmful sexual behavior within broader abuse prevention programs. Program effects were mixed. Primary-level prevention of harmful sexual behavior is typically addressed through broader sexual violence prevention programs. Around three-quarters of studies evaluating program efficacy found improvements in the outcomes measured, including some behavioral outcomes. Important to program success was who facilitated the program, as well as students' feeling of school connections. We found no evaluations of programs aimed at reducing harmful sexual behavior perpetrated online. Important new directions in program development will be to: (i) address the needs of younger children, as well as youth with disabilities, neurocognitive differences, and who are gender or sexually diverse; (ii) introduce and reinforce the concept that sexual behaviors exist on a continuum from healthy to harmful, providing clear examples; (iii) focus on both preventing perpetration and victimization; (iv) address strategies to support safe environments—in homes, organizations, communities, and online; and (e) identify essential elements for successful harmful sexual behavior prevention and align prevention programs with these features.
从公共卫生的角度来看,处理儿童有害性行为的战略往往侧重于二级或三级预防,而不是初级预防。预防工作通常也侧重于防止成年人受害;然而,儿童性侵的很大一部分是由其他儿童和年轻人实施的。我们系统地回顾了儿童和青少年有害性行为的一级预防策略的研究。我们检索了6个数据库,提取了与项目设置和重点、参与者人口统计、测量结果和项目成功相关的数据。我们按照SwiM指南(Popay et al., c2006)进行了叙述性综合,并对纳入的研究进行了个体质量评估。20项研究符合我们的纳入标准。初级预防策略通常在有小学/小学、初中和高中学生的学校实施。所有的项目都将有害的性行为纳入更广泛的虐待预防项目。项目效果好坏参半。有害性行为的初级预防通常是通过更广泛的性暴力预防方案来解决的。大约四分之三评估项目效果的研究发现,测量结果有所改善,包括一些行为结果。项目成功的重要因素是谁促成了这个项目,以及学生对学校联系的感觉。我们没有发现任何旨在减少网上有害性行为的评估。项目发展的重要新方向将是:(i)解决年幼儿童的需求,以及残疾、神经认知差异和性别或性多样化的青年;(二)介绍和强化性行为存在从健康到有害的连续统一体的概念,并提供明确的例子;注重预防犯罪和受害;(iv)提出支持安全环境的战略——在家庭、组织、社区和网上;(e)确定成功预防有害性行为的基本要素,并使预防项目与这些特征相一致。
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