Stability of aggressive behavior from childhood to middle age in women and men

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 485-497

  Kokko, Katja ^a   Pulkkinen, Lea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aggression; Gender difference; Stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 27744502381     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.20063     Document Type: Article

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