Assertion strategies and aggression during early childhood: A short-term longitudinal study

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 403-416

  Ostrov, Jamie M ^a   Pilat, Michelle M ^b   Crick, Nicki R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Assertion; Early childhood; Gender

Indexed keywords

EID: 37849185983     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2006.10.001     Document Type: Article

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