Exposure to "Low-Level" Aggression in School: Associations with Aggressive Behavior, Future Expectations, and Perceived Safety

Violence and Victims

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 691-705

  Boxer, Paul ^a   Edwards Leeper, Laura ^b   Goldstein, Sara E ^a   Musher Eizenman, Dara ^b   Dubow, Eric F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTION; SAFETY; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VICTIM; VIOLENCE; WITNESS;

EID: 1942455902     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/vivi.2003.18.6.691     Document Type: Article

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