"Accept me, or else...": Disputed overestimation of social competence predicts increases in proactive aggression

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 165-178

  De Castro, Bram Orobio ^a   Brendgen, Mara ^b   Van Boxtel, Herman ^a   Vitaro, Frank ^c   Schaepers, Linda ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggressive behavior; Peer relations; Self perception; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AGGRESSION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PEER GROUP; REJECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOMETRIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 34147121560     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10802-006-9063-6     Document Type: Article

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