Determinants of aggressive and prosocial behavior among Jamaican schoolboys

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 34-41

  Meeks Gardner, J M ^a   Powell, C A ^a   Grantham McGregor, S M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAMILY LIFE; FAMILY VIOLENCE; FIGHTING; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; JAMAICA; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEER REVIEW; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIOECONOMICS; TEACHER;

AGGRESSION; CHILD; FAMILY; HUMANS; JAMAICA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 34347242783     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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