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Aggressive boys become physically stronger teens. Beginning at age 11, the hand strength of boys and girls was measured at three-year intervals.
Results proved the more aggressive boys, but not girls, showed greater gains in physical strength during the teen years as compared to their less aggressive peers even after adjusting for height and weight.
Since testosterone is related to aggression, it’s likely it also plays a role in physical strength.
Understanding this relationship is important because...
1. Emerging teen boys have under-developed brains that make them impulsive.
2. They don’t appreciate the consequences of their behavior.
3. As a result, they get into confrontations, get physical and cause harm because they don’t know their own strength.
4. Then, they get a reputation for aggressive behavior and boys who want to prove themselves, provoke them.
It’s a vicious cycle.
Help your boys to appreciate the connection between their strength and aggression.
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Results proved the more aggressive boys, but not girls, showed greater gains in physical strength during the teen years as compared to their less aggressive peers even after adjusting for height and weight.
Since testosterone is related to aggression, it’s likely it also plays a role in physical strength.
Understanding this relationship is important because...
1. Emerging teen boys have under-developed brains that make them impulsive.
2. They don’t appreciate the consequences of their behavior.
3. As a result, they get into confrontations, get physical and cause harm because they don’t know their own strength.
4. Then, they get a reputation for aggressive behavior and boys who want to prove themselves, provoke them.
It’s a vicious cycle.
Help your boys to appreciate the connection between their strength and aggression.
Claudia
Join me on Facebook at Dr. Claudia McCulloch.
At DrClaudia.net, click on the "Ask Me" button and send me a question.
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