Relational aggression and victimization in young adults' romantic relationships: Associations with perceptions of parent, peer, and romantic relationship quality

Social Development

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 69-86

  Linder, Jennifer Ruh ^a   Crick, Nicki R ^a   Collins, W Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Aggression; Romantic; Victimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036003807     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9507.00187     Document Type: Article

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