Eliciting and measuring children's anger in the context of their peer interactions: Ethical considerations and practical guidelines

Ethics and Behavior

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 247-258

  Hubbard, Julie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anger; Children; Ethics; Measurement

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANGER; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; ETHICS; GAME; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVATION; PARENT; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

AGGRESSION; ANGER; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DATA COLLECTION; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; OBSERVATION; PARENTS; PEER GROUP; RESEARCHER-SUBJECT RELATIONS;

EID: 30544434834     PISSN: 10508422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327019eb1503_5     Document Type: Review

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