Validation of the Dutch Version of the Aggression Questionnaire in Adolescent Male Offenders

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 87-96

  Morren, Mattijn ^a   Meesters, Cor ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Aggressiveness; Concurrent validity; Construct validity; Personality measures; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036113422     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.90010     Document Type: Article

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