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Discover LudwigThe phrase "aggressive children" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe children who exhibit hostile or combative behavior, often in discussions about behavior management or psychology.
Example: "Teachers often face challenges when dealing with aggressive children in the classroom, as their behavior can disrupt the learning environment."
Alternatives: "hostile children" or "combative children".
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Using a similar methodology, Barry et al. [ 39] examined the role of psychopathy-linked narcissism in predicting proactive and reactive aggression and conduct problems in a group of moderately to highly aggressive children.
They found an aggression prevalence (using the Child Behavior Checklist Aggressive Behavior scale) of 25%, with aggressive children tending to have less severe overall and social-affect ASD symptoms, lower full-scale IQ scores, and more sleep difficulties, internalizing problems (including anxiety), and attention problems compared to non-aggressive children with ASD.
Coercive child-rearing produced frustrated, aggressive children, some experts argued.
Pets have also helped to calm hyperactive and overly aggressive children.
There will always be more aggressive children who want to prove their power, says Beltzig.
Parents can thereby learn effective but nonpunitive ways of controlling their aggressive children.
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The spillover hypothesis suggests that childhood aggression results from spillover of interparental conflict to poor parenting, which promotes aggressive child behavior.
The term, the critics say, has become a catchall applied to almost any explosive, aggressive child.
Mellie was her aggressive child, a lover of tackles and hits; Bobby always played defense.
The advertising campaign, with the slogan "Playtime: Powered by Veggies", represents Subway's most aggressive child marketing attempt to date.
The term, they say, has become a diagnosis du jour, a catch-all now applied to almost any explosive, aggressive child.
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