Toddlers' use of force against familiar peers: A precursor of serious aggression?

Child Development

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 457-467

  Hay, Dale F ^a   Castle, Jenny ^b   Davies, Lisa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFANT; MALE; PEER GROUP; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AGGRESSION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PEER GROUP;

EID: 0034150106     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8624.00157     Document Type: Article

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