Based on the 15th International Colloquium on the Brain and Aggression, held in July 2000 in Mirflores, Spain.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION -- Seymour Feshbach -- PART 1: THEORETICAL ISSUES -- CHAPTER 2: DYNAMIC SOCIAL IMPACT THEORY PREDICTS REGIONAL -- VARIATION IN, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL REPRESENTATIONS -- OF, AGGRESSION -- Deborah S. Richardson and Bibb Latand -- CHAPTER 3: VIOLENT CRIME, SOCIAL STRESS AND SOLIDARITY IN ISRAEL: -- THE ROLE OF EDUCATION -- Simha F. Landau -- CHAPTER 4: DEFINITIONS OF INTERNATIONAL AGGRESSION: LESSONS FOR -- CROSS-CULTURAL RESEARCH -- Graham Kemp -- PART 2: CROSS-NATIONAL COMPARISONS -- CHAPTER 5: MORAL APPROVAL OF AGGRESSIVE ACTS BY URBAN STUDENTS: -- A CROSS-NATIONAL STUDY ON FOUR CONTINENTS -- J. Martin Ramirez -- with Kirsti M. J. Lagerspetz, Adam Fraczek, Takehiro Fujihara, -- Wilhelmina H. Theron, Zoreh Musazadeh & Josi M. Andreu -- CHAPTER 6: BELIEFS ABOUT AND EXPERIENCE WITH AGGRESSION IN THE -- UNITED STATES AND FRANCE -- Deborah S. Richardson and Pascal Huguet -- CHAPTER 7: ANGER PRONENESS IN JAPANESE AND SPANISH STUDENTS -- J. Martin Ramirez, Takehiro Fujihara -- Stephanie van Goozen and Carmen Santisteban -- CHAPTER 8: DIRECT AND INDIRECT AGGRESSION IN WOMEN: A -- COMPARISON BETWEEN SOUTH AFRICAN AND SPANISH UNIVERSITY -- STUDENTS -- Wilhelmina, H. Theron, Deidre D. Matthee, -- Henry R. Steel and J. Martin Ramirez -- CHAPTER 9: AGGRESSION, VICTIMIZATION AND SOCIOMETRIC STATUS: -- FINDINGS FROM FINLAND, ISRAEL, ITALY AND POLAND -- Kaj Bjorkqvist and Karin Osterman -- with Kirsti M. J. Lagerspetz, Simha F. Landau, -- Gian Vittorio Caprara, & Adam Fraczek -- PART 3: CONFLICT AND RECONCILIATION -- CHAPTER 10: IS VIOLENCE GETTING TOO MUCH ATTENTION? CROSS- -- CULTURAL FINDINGS ON THE WAYS PEOPLE DEAL WITH CONFLICT -- Douglas P. Fry -- CHAPTER 11: MYTHS ABOUT PREINDUSTRIAL WAR: POSSIBLE LESSONS FOR -- PEACE FROM WORLDWIDE CROSS-CULTURAL RESEARCH -- Melvin Ember and Carol R Ember -- CHAPTER 12: RECONCILIATION AFTER CONFLICTS: ETHOLOGICAL -- ANALYSIS OF POST-CONFLICT INTERACTIONS IN KALMYK CHILDREN -- Marina L. Butovskaya -- CHAPTER 13: THE CROSS-CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE OF EMPATHY AS AN -- INSTRUMENT TO PREVENT AGGRESSION -- Camilla Pagani -- PART 4: CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER 14: SOCIAL REPRESENTATIONS AND AGGRESSION: ON CULTURE -- AND THE PSYCHOLOGY OF VIOLENCE -- Desmond Painter -- CHAPTER 15: METHOD AND THEORY IN CROSS-CULTURAL STUDIES OF -- AGGRESSION -- John Archer -- ABOUT THE AUTHORS -- ABOUT THE EDITORS -- INDEX.