While patterns of behavior learned in early childhood (e.g., aggressiveness) carry over into the
school context, the school has its own potential for generating conflict and frustration and violent
responses to these situations. A successful non-violent social adjustment at home increases the
likelihood but does not guarantee a successful non-violent adjustment to school and peers. These are
new social systems which have to be negotiated, where one must find her or his own niche. They
each have their own performance demands and developmental tasks to complete. Failure to meet
these school and peer performance expectations (e.g., academic success, peer approval, personal
competence and independence, self-efficacy, and a capacity for developing and maintaining
interpersonal relationships and intimacy) creates stress and conflict. The combination of new
conflicts and reduced levels of monitoring and supervision in these contexts, increases the likelihood
that violence will emerge in response to these problems.