Relational Aggression, Relational Victimization, and Language Development in Preschoolers

Social Development

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 551-562

  Bonica, Cheryl ^a   Arnold, David H ^a   Fisher, Paige H ^a   Zeljo, Alexandra ^a   Yershova, Kseniya ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Language development; Preschoolers; Relational aggression

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344629394     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9507.00248     Document Type: Article

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