Direct and indirect aggression during childhood and adolescence: A meta-analytic review of gender differences, intercorrelations, and relations to maladjustment

Child Development

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1185-1229

  Card, Noel A ^a   Stucky, Brian D ^b   Sawalani, Gita M ^c   Little, Todd D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; META ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

ADJUSTMENT DISORDERS; ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 51949107174     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2008.01184.x     Document Type: Article

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