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Wednesday, January 07, 2009

No change in weight-based teasing when school-based obesity policies are implemented.

29 Sep 2008 OBJECTIVES: To examine rates of weight-based teasing before initiation of school-based childhood obesity prevention policies (Arkansas Act 1220 of 2003) and during the 2 years following policy implementation, as well as demographic factors related ... Read more...

Courtship and agonistic sounds by the cichlid fish Pseudotropheus zebra.

30 Jul 2008 Courtship and agonistic interactions in an African cichlid species present a richer diversity of acoustic stimuli than previously reported. Male cichlids, including those from the genus Pseudotropheus (P.), produce low frequency short pulsed sounds ... Read more...

Early social deprivation induces disturbed social communication and violent aggression in adulthood.

30 Jul 2008 Disturbed social relations during childhood (e.g., social neglect) often lead to aggression-related psychopathologies in adulthood. Social isolation also increased aggressiveness in laboratory animals. Here the authors show in rats, that social ... Read more...

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• Media hype surrounding the 'bullying of junior doctors' article. 15 Oct 2008
• No change in weight-based teasing when school-based obesity policies are implemented. 29 Sep 2008
• Courtship and agonistic sounds by the cichlid fish Pseudotropheus zebra. 30 Jul 2008
• Early social deprivation induces disturbed social communication and violent aggression in adulthood. 30 Jul 2008
• Employers' liabilities for bullying-induced psychiatric injuries. 30 Jul 2008
• Heart rate modulation in bystanding geese watching social and non-social events. 20 Jul 2008
• Behaviors that undermine a culture of safety. 7 Jul 2008
• Selective antiaggressive effect of an alpha-2 adrenoceptor agonist naphthylmedetomidine in mice. 29 Jun 2008
• Differential sensitivity to the effects of nicotine and bupropion in adolescent and adult male OF1 mice during social interaction tests. 29 Jun 2008
• Pheromone, juvenile hormone, and social status in the male lobster cockroach Nauphoeta cinerea. 29 Jun 2008
• The use (meaning) of language and the term "war". 29 Jun 2008
• Stress reduction through consolation in chimpanzees. 14 Jun 2008
• Juvenile hormone levels are increased in winners of cockroach fights. 26 May 2008
• Sampling in research on interpersonal aggression. 29 Apr 2008
• Student perspectives on faculty incivility in nursing education: an application of the concept of rankism. 29 Apr 2008
• Physicians' "disruptive" behavior: consequences for medical quality and safety. 29 Apr 2008
• Social correlates of fecal testosterone in male ursine colobus monkeys (Colobus vellerosus): the effect of male reproductive competition in aseasonal breeders. 22 Apr 2008
• Invited article: Managing disruptive physician behavior: impact on staff relationships and patient care. 20 Apr 2008
• Serotonergic mediation of aggression in high and low aggressive chicken strains. 30 Mar 2008
• Workplace incivility and productivity losses among direct care staff. 30 Mar 2008

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Technical information about 'Agonistic Behavior'

Definition: Any behavior associated with conflict between two individuals.

Descriptor UI: D000378

Alternative terms: Agonistic Behavior; Agonistic Behaviors; Behavior, Agonistic; Behaviors, Agonistic;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; drug effects; physiology; radiation effects; ethics;

Tree Number: F01.145.126.125.100;

Online Note: search AGGRESSION 1968-74

History Note: 91(75); was see under AGGRESSION 1975-90