The impact of classroom aggression on the development of aggressive behavior problems in children

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 471-487

  Thomas, Duane E ^a   Bierman, Karen L ^b   Coie, John D ^c   Dodge, Kenneth A ^c   Foster, E Michael ^b   Greenberg, Mark T ^b   Lochman, John E ^d   McMahon, Robert J ^e   Pinderhughes, Ellen ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URBAN AREA;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGGRESSION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEMOGRAPHY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOLS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33645564425     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579406060251     Document Type: Article

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