Differential correlates of reactive and proactive aggression in Asian adolescents: Relations to narcissism, anxiety, schizotypal traits, and peer relations

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 553-562

  Seah, Suzanne L ^a   Ang, Rebecca P ^a,b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Asian; Differential correlates; Reactive and proactive aggression

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NARCISSISM; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPATHY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SINGAPORE; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; ANXIETY; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NARCISSISM; PEER GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; SINGAPORE;

EID: 50249163785     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: 10982337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.20269     Document Type: Article

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