Linkages between children's beliefs about the legitimacy of aggression and their behavior

Social Development

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 321-339

  Erdley, Cynthia A ^b   Asher, Steven R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b University of Maine   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Legitimacy of aggression; Peer relationships; Withdrawn behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039993933     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9507.00070     Document Type: Article

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