Unjustified Aggression in Preschool

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 458-476

  Monks, Claire ^a,b   Ortega Ruiz, R ^a   Torrado Val, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggression; Preschool; Social status; Strength; Victimisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141976753     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.10032     Document Type: Article

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