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Ryan McNamara [us] Angry Americans
Photographic installation | 200 x 270 cm | Ed. of 5
To respond effectively to overly aggressive behavior in children we need to
have some ideas about what may have triggered an outburst. Anger may be
a defense to avoid painful feelings; it may be associated with failure, low
self-esteem, and feelings of isolation; or it may be related to anxiety
about situations over which the child has no control.
Angry defiance may also be associated with feelings of dependency, and anger
may be associated with sadness and depression. In children, anger and
sadness are very close to one another, and it is important to remember that
much of what others experience as sadness is expressed by a child as anger.
Exerpted from The Aggressive Child by Luleen S. Anderson, Ph.D
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