THE CULTURAL-CONTEXT OF AGGRESSION - THE TRANSITION TO JUNIOR-HIGH-SCHOOL

Authors
MERTEN DE
Citation
De. Merten, THE CULTURAL-CONTEXT OF AGGRESSION - THE TRANSITION TO JUNIOR-HIGH-SCHOOL, Anthropology & education quarterly, 25(1), 1994, pp. 29-43
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Education & Educational Research",Anthropology
Journal title
Anthropology & education quarterly → ACNP
ISSN journal
01617761
Volume
25
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
29 - 43
Database
ISI
SICI code
0161-7761(1994)25:1<29:TCOA-T>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
Starting with Bandura's 1979 formulation regarding the relationship be tween aversive experience and aggression, this paper asks the logicall y prior question-what are the cultural influences that lead attitudes or actions to be experienced as aversive? The focus is on aggression a mong junior high school students. The community culture of a middle-cl ass suburb is identified as a significant contributor to the aggressio n found among these students.