Aggression and adaptation the bright side to bad behavior

Contents: P.H. Hawley, Preface. P.H. Hawley, Social Dominance in Childhood and Adolescence: Why Social Competence and Aggression May Go Hand in Hand. B.E. Vaughn, A.J. Santos, An Evolutionary/Ecological Account of Aggressive Behavior and Trait Aggression in Human Children and Adolescents. P.K. Smith, Why Has Aggression Been Thought of as Maladaptive? A.D. Pellegrini, Is Aggression Adaptative? Yes: Some Kinds Are and in Some Ways. N.A. Card, T.D. Little, Differential Relations of Instrumental and Reactive Aggression With Maladjustment: Does Adaptivity Depend on Function? A.H.N. Cillessen, L. Mayeux, Variations in the Association Between Aggression and Social Status: Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives. L.K. Sippola, J. Paget, C.M. Buchanan, Praising Cordelia: Social Aggression and Social Dominance Among Adolescent Girls. W.M. Bukowski, M. Abecassis, Self, Other, and Aggression: The Never-Ending Search for the Roots of Adaptation. T.W. Farmer, H. Xie, B.D. Cairns, B.C. Hutchins, Social Synchrony, Peer Networks, and Aggression in School. P.C. Rodkin, T. Wilson, Aggression and Adaptation: Psychological Record, Educational Promise.