The development of interpersonal aggression during adolescence: The importance of parents, siblings, and family economics

Child Development

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1526-1542

  Williams, Shannon Tierney ^a   Conger, Katherine Jewsbury ^a   Blozis, Shelley A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPATHY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIBLING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIALIZATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; AGE FACTORS; AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; BIRTH ORDER; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PARENTING; PARENTS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SIBLINGS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIALIZATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 34748924959     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2007.01081.x     Document Type: Article

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