Sex differences in the forms of aggression among adolescent students in Ghana

Research in Education

Volumn , Issue 78, 2007, Pages 54-64

  Amedahe, Francis K ^a   Owusu Banahene, Nana Opoku ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Direct aggression; Direct verbal aggression; Forms of aggression; Indirect aggression; Students' aggressive behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 38149080481     PISSN: 00345237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7227/rie.78.5     Document Type: Article

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