See Dick Hit, See Jane Run An Examination of Response Behaviors in At-Risk Youth

Date of Award

2006

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelors

Department

Social Sciences

First Advisor

Ryan, Kimberly

Keywords

Agression, At-Risk Youth, Clinical Sample

Area of Concentration

Psychology

Abstract

Behavioral sex differences in an at-risk youth population were examined in a sample of 62 adolescents participating in a residential treatment summer program. Counselors reported on the Behavior-Environment Transactional Assessment (BETA) children�s responses of withdrawing and two forms aggressive behaviors (direct and indirect) to varying situations. Girls were seen to engage in high levels of withdrawing, indirect and direct aggressive behaviors, and were reported to engage in these behaviors more frequently than boys. T-tests revealed, however, no significant differences in boys and girls for withdrawing, indirect and direct aggressive behaviors overall. There were significant differences in boys and girls for whining and crying, arguing and quarreling, teasing and ridiculing, and bossing and threatening behaviors across particular situations. The study suggests that at-risk youth are using withdrawing and aggression (both indirect and direct) behaviors to convey emotion.

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