Emotional competence and aggressive behavior in school-age children

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 79-91

  Bohnert, Amy M ^a,c   Crnic, Keith A ^b   Lim, Karen G ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggressive behavior; Emotion understanding; Emotional competence

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANGER; BODY POSTURE; COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; GESTURE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGGRESSION; ANGER; CHILD; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; GENDER IDENTITY; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIALIZATION;

EID: 0037948913     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021725400321     Document Type: Conference Paper

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