Serotonin and Aggressive Behaviour in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review.

We propose factors that may be blurring the picture, including problems in the conceptualization and measurement of aggression in young people, the lack of prospective designs, and the bias towards clinical samples of boys. Research needs to account for variance both in the motivation for and implementation of aggression, and look to the behavioural economics literature to consider the roles of reward, vengeance and self-control more clearly. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.