Adolescents' attributions about aggression: An initial investigation

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 559-573

  Boxer, Paul ^a,b   Tisak, Marie S ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Research Center for Group Dynamics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; COLLEGE STUDENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL; EGO DEVELOPMENT; EMOTION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; HYPOTHESIS; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; MENTAL INSTABILITY; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL LEARNING; SOCIALIZATION;

EID: 0142244185     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0140-1971(03)00056-3     Document Type: Article

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