Associations between peer nominations, teacher ratings, self-reports, and observations of malicious and disruptive behavior

Assessment

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 241-252

  Henry, David B ^a,a   Eron, Leonard ^b   Guerra, Nancy ^c   Huesmann, L Rowell ^b   Tolan, Patrick ^a   VanAcker, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Behavioral observations; Test validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746507895     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: 15523489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073191106287668     Document Type: Article

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