Children's Normative Beliefs about Aggression and Aggressive Behavior

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 408-419

  Huesmann, L Rowell ^b   Guerra, Nancy G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; EGO DEVELOPMENT; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFERENCE VALUE; SOCIALIZATION; SOCIOMETRIC STATUS;

AGGRESSION; ATTITUDE; CHILD; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; REFERENCE VALUES; SOCIALIZATION; SOCIOMETRIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0031067647     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.72.2.408     Document Type: Article

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