Play fighting and real fighting: Using video playback methodology with young children

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 164-173

  Smith, Peter K ^a   Smees, Rebecca ^b   Pellegrini, Anthony D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fighting; Play fighting; Video playback

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442714973     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.20013     Document Type: Article

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