Animal cruelty, antisocial behaviour, and aggression [electronic resource] : more than a link /
Gullone, Eleonora.author.
Demonstrating that animal cruelty behaviours are another form of antisocial behaviour, alongside human aggression and violence, and almost without exception are carried out by the same individuals this book offers clear recommendations for future research on animal cruelty and future action aimed at prevention.
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Conetnts; List of Tables; Foreword by Phil Arkow; Series Editors' Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: The Aims of This Book; 2 Historical and Current Conceptualizations of Animal Cruelty; Co-occurrence between animal cruelty and antisocial behaviour; The evolution of current thinking; The Child Behavior Checklist; The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders; Defining animal cruelty; Animal cruelty motivations; Chapter summary; 3 Conceptualizations of Antisocial Behaviour; From behaviours to individuals
From aggressive behaviours to antisocial behavioursToward a more developmentally-oriented focus; A developmental psychopathology approach; Defining antisocial behaviour; Defining aggression; The importance of the intent requirement; Aggression dimensions; Chapter summary; 4 The Development of Antisocial Behaviour; Key issues and considerations; Development; Infancy and toddlerhood; Childhood; Child-onset antisocial behaviour; Adolescence; Adolescent-onset antisocial behaviour; Child versus adolescent-onset of antisocial behaviour; Adulthood; Prevalence; Stability; Chapter summary
5 Theoretical Accounts of Aggressive Behaviour and Animal CrueltyTheoretical accounts of aggressive behaviour; Cognitive neo-association theory; Social cognitive models; General Aggression Model (GAM); Theoretical accounts of animal cruelty; Antisocial behaviour risk factors; Chapter summary; 6 Biological and Individual Difference Risk Factors; Biological risk factors; Sex differences; Baseline levels of arousal; Individual difference risk factors; Temperament; Personality; Psychopathy and Callous-Unemotional traits; Psychopathy in non-adult populations; Chapter summary
7 Environmental Risk FactorsSocioeconomic status; Provocation; Opportunity; Aggressive cues and exposure to violence; Family and parenting factors; Attachment relationships; Parenting practices; Parental warmth; Coercive and inconsistent parenting practices; Physical punishment; Direct and indirect abuse effects; Peer relationships; Chapter summary; 8 Emotional and Cognitive Processes; Emotion processes; Emotion regulation; Cognitive factors and information processing; Knowledge structures; Schemas and scripts; Attributional, perception, and expectation biases
Accessibility of aggressive responsesSelf-efficacy; Moral disengagement; Attitudes and beliefs; Chapter summary; 9 Aetiological Accounts of Animal Cruelty; Theoretical models of animal cruelty; The Violence Graduation Hypothesis; The Deviance Generalization Hypothesis; Conduct disorder, antisocial personality disorder, and psychopathy; Criminal behaviour and animal cruelty; Federal Bureau of Investigation work; Family violence and animal cruelty; Bullying and animal cruelty in youth; Risk factors for the development of animal cruelty; Sex differences; Age differences
Witnessing of violence, and animal cruelty
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Demonstrating that animal cruelty behaviours are another form of antisocial behaviour, alongside human aggression and violence, and almost without exception are carried out by the same individuals this book offers clear recommendations for future research on animal cruelty and future action aimed at prevention.
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