Influence of Executive Functioning Difficulties on Verbal Aggression in Adolescents: Moderating Effects of Winning and Losing and Increasing and Decreasing Levels of Provocation

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 475-488

  Santor, Darcy A ^a   Ingram, Adrienne ^a   Kusumakar, Vivek ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescent males and females; Executive functioning; Verbal aggression; Winning and losing

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442427549     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.10058     Document Type: Article

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