Children's beliefs about the continuity of aggression

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 172-188

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

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

Beliefs; Continuity of aggression; Prosocial behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 15944418245     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.20056     Document Type: Article

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