Continuity and change in social and physical aggression from middle childhood through early adolescence

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 357-375

  Underwood, Marion K ^a   Beron, Kurt J ^a   Rosen, Lisa H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGGRESSION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 72749088303     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: 10982337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.20313     Document Type: Article

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