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The phrase "aggressive boys" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe boys who exhibit aggressive behavior or attitudes in various contexts, such as discussions about behavior, psychology, or social dynamics.
Example: "The teacher noticed that the aggressive boys in the class often disrupted lessons and bullied their peers."
Alternatives: "hostile boys" or "belligerent boys".
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Dr. Lewin has studied what happens to aggressive boys as they age.
This was never the case for me: male testosterone levels alone aren't enough to explain typically 'masculine' behaviour, and at school, I always felt uncomfortable around louder, more aggressive boys.
At least some troublemakers, it seems, have a flawed biological response to stress that may help set them on the wrong path: A new study has found low levels of the stress hormone cortisol in persistently aggressive boys.
If the boys with high levels of aggressive behavior show a delayed cortical maturation, they will have a thinner cortex compared to the low aggressive boys.
A longitudinal study that investigated whether individual level characteristics protected children from community violence exposure showed that among aggressive boys, low levels of anxiety protected them from later exposure (Boyd et al. 2003).
For example, aggressive boys with conduct problems have been found to show cardiac pre-ejection period (PEP) non-reactivity to monetary incentives, presumably indicating lowered reward sensitivity (Beauchaine et al. 2008).
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Was he an aggressive boy?
He continued: "As well as being a very aggressive boy with excellent reading of the game, Liam brings a bit of extra pace and mobility to the centre-back area".
But I would think it's also quite hard on the non-aggressive boys if there are more boys".
He was one of those quiet-yet-aggressive boys.
Another movie was Wanted, in 2008 – an aggressive boys-own action picture with unlovely touches of misogyny.
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