ABSTRACT
Parenting style that reflects warmth, high involvement with the child, and consistent discipline may prevent childhood aggression. Parental and family characteristics, particularly social interaction processes, are fundamentally related to antisocial and aggressive behaviour. Unfortunately, therapists do not have control over many of the risk factors; they have only the child, and the question is how one can help aggressive children and adolescents in schools. Most of the cognitive-based interventions offered to children are labeled anger management, rather than aggression control. The components of the intervention are drawn from cognitive orientations that prevail in most interventions with angry aggressive individuals. The focus on affect is diametrically opposed to the cognitive-behavioral treatments prevailing in work with aggressive children. The process research suggests that children are progressing throughout the course of group counseling and psychotherapy and are working effectively along the process.
