Measuring emotional instability, prosocial behavior and aggression in pre-adolescents: A cross-national study

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 691-703

  Pastorelli, Concetta ^a   Barbaranelli, Claudio ^b   Cermak, Ivo ^c   Rozsa, Sandor ^d   Caprara, Gian Vittorio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^d EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

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EID: 0031256364     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(97)00056-1     Document Type: Article

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