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Coping with aggressive behaviour / Glynis M. Breakwell.

By: Breakwell, Glynis M. (Glynis Marie).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Leicester : British Psychological Society, 1997Description: ix, 117 p. ; 22 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 1854332058.Subject(s): Aggressiveness | PsychologyDDC classification: 156.252
Contents:
Everyone needs to know how to cope with aggression -- Explaining aggression -- Predicting aggression -- Patterns of assault -- Victims and victimization -- Avoidance, escape and control -- Safety culture -- Sensitization and realism.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This book includes a summary of the psychological theories which have been produced to explain aggression. Offering practical advice on methods for assessing dangerous situations and on developing personal and organizational strategies for coping with aggression, this book will be an invaluable tool towards controlling or constraining the aggression of others.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 111-114) and index.

Everyone needs to know how to cope with aggression -- Explaining aggression -- Predicting aggression -- Patterns of assault -- Victims and victimization -- Avoidance, escape and control -- Safety culture -- Sensitization and realism.

CIT Module OCCH 6003 - Core reading

CIT Module PLAC 6007 - Core reading

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • 1 How to cope
  • 2 Explaining aggression - some theories
  • 3 Predicting aggression
  • 4 Patterns of assault
  • 5 Victims and victimization
  • 6 Avoidance, escape and control
  • 7 Safety culture

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Professor Glynis Breakwell is Professor of Psychology and Pro-Vice-Chancellor at Surrey University, UK, and a consultant in industry. She has worked widely in the areas of identity dynamics and social representation development. Her other books include Interviewing, Coping with Threatened Identities, and Basic Evaluation Methods (with Lynne Millward).

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