Contagion of aggression in day care classrooms as a function of peer and teacher responses

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 708-719

  Goldstein, Naomi E ^a,c   Arnold, David H ^a   Rosenberg, Jessica L ^a,b   Stowe, Rebecca M ^a   Ortiz, Camilo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 0035541379     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.93.4.708     Document Type: Article

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