§16§Authors from Europe and the USA give a summary in this book§of the current psychological knowledge about the§socialization determinants of human aggressive behavior§development and outline theoretical perspectives as wellas§directions of future research.§Thus, the volume includes theoretical and conceptual§chapters concerning socialization and sources of aggression§(Part I), chapters presenting a summary of empirical§researchon early developmental determinants of aggressive§and antisocial behavior patterns (Part II), chapters on the§effects of social norms and education onaggression in§children and youth (Part III), and finally contributions§analyzing relationship between aggression as a psychological§phenomenon and socio-cultural phenomena and processes (Part§IV).§The contributing authors have outstanding research§experience and significant publications on socialization and§aggression development. Their studies are embedded in§various philosophical traditions and specific socio-c §16§ultural§experiences; the book therefore provides a wide range of§approaches and syntheses of current research. §04§I.- 1 Some Complexities in Aggressive Behaviour.- 2 The Different Functions of Compliance and Noncompliance in Socialization.- 3 Socialization and Intrapsychic Regulation of Interpersonal Aggression.- 4 Stability of Individual Differences in Aggression.- II.- 5 Emotions and the Socialization of Aggression: Adult's Angry Behavior and Children's Arousal and Aggression.- 6 Young Children's Emotional Arousal and Anger/Aggressive Behaviors.- 7 Early Determinants and Correlates of Aggressive Behavior.- 8 Individual and Peer Group Factors in the Stability of Social Status, Antisocial, and Prosocial Behaviors.- III.- 9 The Role of Social Norms in the Development of Aggressive Behavior.- 10 Family Life and Child Aggression: Studies on Some Socialization Conditions for Development of Aggression.- 11 Antecedents of the Development of Adolescent Antisocial and Criminal Behavior.- 12 The Function of Aggression in the Life Process of Adolescents.- IV.- 13 Human Aggressivity and War.- 14 Cultura §04§l Background to Aggression: Correlates and Consequences of Benevolent and Malevolent Gods and Spirits.- Author Index.