Correlates of aggression in African American and Puerto Rican children

Journal of Genetic Psychology

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 185-202

  Brook, Judith S ^a,b,c   Rosenberg, Gary ^a   Brook, David W ^a,b   Balka, Elinor B ^a,b   Meade, Michael ^a,b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Aggression; Children; Puerto Rican

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PUERTO RICO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGGRESSION; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW YORK CITY; PERSONALITY; PUERTO RICO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 3142717597     PISSN: 00221325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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