Social networks and aggressive behaviour in Chinese children

International Journal of Behavioral Development

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 401-410

  Xu, Yiyuan ^a   Farver, Jo Ann M ^a   Schwartz, David ^a   Chang, Lei ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRIENDSHIP; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; MALE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIALIZATION; STUDENT;

EID: 4544273776     PISSN: 01650254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01650250444000090     Document Type: Article

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