A review and reconceptualization of social aggression: Adaptive and maladaptive correlates

Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 176-217

  Heilbron, Nicole ^a   Prinstein, Mitchell J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Peer relationships; Relational aggression; Social aggression; Social status

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGGRESSION; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PEER GROUP; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGGRESSION; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PEER GROUP; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 55349122891     PISSN: 10964037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10567-008-0037-9     Document Type: Review

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