Not always sugar and spice: Expanding theoretical and functional explanations for why females aggress

Aggression and Violent Behavior

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 131-140

  Graves, Kelly N ^a  

^a BENNETT COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Aggression; Female development; Protective factors; Risk factors; Violence

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; PEER GROUP; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 33847044372     PISSN: 13591789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avb.2004.08.002     Document Type: Review

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