Date of Award
4-1989
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy
Department
Psychology
First Advisor
Dr. David O. Lyon
Second Advisor
Dr. Dale Brethower
Third Advisor
Dr. William Redmon
Fourth Advisor
Dr. Alonzo Hannaford
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of say/do correspondence training in controlling aggressive behavior between children in play settings. Two experiments assessed the effects of children's verbal statements, to play in a friendly manner with others, on the incidence of aggressive behavior during actual play. The results of the first experiment indicated that, in most instances, the number of aggressive incidents decreased as a result of the correspondence training in all subjects except one where the effects of treatment are not clear.
In the second experiment, the incidents of aggressive behavior decreased during the intervention to less than half of the baseline level between all subjects. Experiment #2 compared correspondence training say/do with organized activity in controlling aggressive behavior between children. The results indicate that organized activities were more effective in controlling aggressive behavior than correspondence training.
Access Setting
Dissertation-Open Access
Recommended Citation
AlBkower, Naiel, "The Effectiveness of Correspondence Training in Controlling Aggressive Behavior Between Children in Play Settings" (1989). Dissertations. 2135.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/dissertations/2135