@article{ref1,
title="Aggressive and prosocial behaviors among schoolchildren living in environments with high levels of poverty",
journal="Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Pública",
year="2016",
author="Martínez, José William and Cuevas, José Rafael Tovar and Muñoz, Andrés Felipe Ochoa",
volume="33",
number="3",
pages="455-461",
abstract="OBJETIVES.: To assess the levels of direct and indirect aggression and prosocial behaviors among schoolchildren at public schools located in 13 municipalities of an intermediate region of Colombia. <br><br>MATERIALS AND METHODS.: A total of 2,785 children aged 3-11 years were assessed using an instrument validated for the Colombian population that measures aggression and prosocial behavior via direct observations of schoolteachers. <br><br>RESULTS.: Boys predominantly exhibited behaviors associated with direct aggression (22.4%), whereas girls exhibited behaviors of indirect aggression (8.0%). Prosocial behaviors were more common in women (67.2%) and in 10-11-year-old children (67.4%). <br><br>CONCLUSIONS.: The degree of aggressive behavior may be related to the sociocultural milieu in which children live, and can be detected and subjected to intervention by schoolteachers.<p /> <p>Language: es</p>",
language="es",
issn="1726-4634",
doi="10.17843/rpmesp.2016.333.2296",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.17843/rpmesp.2016.333.2296"
}