ABSTRACT
Adolescence can be a difficult time; it has been shown that a number of problem behaviors, including aggression, increase during this age period. The behaviors subsumed under a label of aggression can actually take many forms including arguing, cruelty, demanding, disobedience, fighting, mood changes, and threatening others (Achenbach & Edelbrock, 1981). Not only some of these types of behaviors, but more serious acts of delinquency, increase in adolescence (see Loeber, 1982). Furthermore, Gold and Petronio (1980) reported that over 80% of American adolescents indicated they had engaged in at least one delinquent behavior. Although problems with aggressive behaviors are prevalent during adolescence, problems in other areas have also been noted to appear or are exacerbated during this developmental period. These include depression, eating disorders, suicide, and poor school performance (see Forehand, in press).
