The development of aggression during adolescence: Sex differences in trajectories of physical and social aggression among youth in rural areas

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1227-1236

  Karriker Jaffe, Katherine J ^a,b   Foshee, Vangie A ^a   Ennett, Susan T ^a   Suchindran, Chirayath ^a  

^a The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b ALCOHOL RESEARCH GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent behavior; Aggression; Latent growth curve; Multilevel models

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOPATHY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS;

EID: 58149469597     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10802-008-9245-5     Document Type: Article

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