Characteristics Of Hostile-Aggressive Behavior

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Hostile-Aggressive Behavior in the Classrooms: dealing with challenging behaviors

Jijo Varghese
P.G. Scholar, Faculty of Education, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi

Sebin Joseph
Lecturer (Contract), Department of Political Science,

Abstracts
Each and every teacher in the modern world encounters the students who are hostile-aggressive in his or her class room. These are the students generally considered as "problem children." They often have Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, emotional or behavioral disorders, or are below grade level in achievement. They are capable of dominating and controlling others through intimidation and irrational, often explosive behavior. This paper looks at the characteristics of the classic hostile-aggressive …show more content…

Though many children have occasional outbursts of anger, the children who consistently have difficulty controlling their emotions and behaviors are the ones who need support in developing social skills. Hence the teachers must know certain strategies and techniques to handle these aggressive and problem children to make the classroom more effective.

How does the hostile-aggressive student act out?
One can categorize the acting-out behavior of hostile-aggressive students into three general categories: verbal aggression, physical aggression, and vandalism. What distinguishes these behaviors as exhibited by the hostile aggressive student is that they are done with intent to do harm, whether that be physical, emotional, or for revenge and retaliation.
Verbal aggression includes defiance, continuous arguing, cut-downs, threats, swearing, bossing, sarcasm, and teasing. Physical aggression can be exhibited as kicking, hitting, fighting, spitting, throwing materials with intent to do harm (either to a person or to objects, i.e., a window) and biting, among others- some of these behaviors could be a result of Tourette's Disorder. Vandalism includes not only destruction or damage to property but theft as well.
Causes of hostile-aggressive

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