Comportamentos agressivos de alunos: uma leitura a partir da análise do comportamento.

Abstract

Education has numerous contributions to society; however, the occurrence of aggressive behaviors can be a challenge for it to be successful in its goals. Therefore, this study proposes to carry out a conceptual analysis of the aggressive behaviors of students in the classroom, from their forms of use in studies of the behavioral-analytic literature. This research was methodologically divided into specification and selection of sources, investigation, and treatment of information. From these steps, four articles were selected, and four categories of analysis were constructed. The main findings were variables of the school environment as antecedent events to the aggressive behavior of students, such as the production of aversive demands for students and the teacher's behavior. Regarding the class of responses, more topographies of physical aggression were found, directed both at the person and at others or even other places and/or objects. As for the consequences and the functions, it is mentioned the escape of demands and interruption of activities (negative reinforcement) and the teachers' obtaining attention from the students (positive reinforcement). Finally, it is concluded that revisiting the scientific literature in the field of behavior analysis can be relevant to generate new questions about the theme of aggressive behavior of students in the school context, helping their understanding.