Community Violence Exposure, Social Cognition, and Aggression among Urban Elementary School Children

Child Development

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1561-1576

  Guerra, Nancy G ^a   Huesmann, L Rowell ^b   Spindler, Anja ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0142136648     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8624.00623     Document Type: Article

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