Individual and school predictors of middle school aggression

Youth and Society

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 322-347

  Reis, Janet ^a   Trockel, Mickey ^a   Mulhall, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Early adolescent aggression; Middle school aggression; Predictors of middle school aggression

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846934420     PISSN: 0044118X     EISSN: 15528499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0044118X06287688     Document Type: Article

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