Association of normative beliefs and anger with aggression and antisocial behavior in Russian male juvenile offenders and high school students

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 225-236

  Sukhodolsky, Denis G ^a   Ruchkin, Vladislav V ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Inst of Psychiatry and Psychology   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Aggression; Anger; Antisocial behavior; Beliefs; Juvenile delinquency

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANGER; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COGNITION; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; OFFENDER; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ANGER; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RUSSIA; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; STUDENTS;

EID: 3543045035     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JACP.0000019773.86910.fe     Document Type: Article

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