Reactive and proactive aggression in adolescent males: Examining differential outcomes 10 years later in erarly adulthood

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 141-157

  Fite, Paula J ^a   Raine, Adrian ^b   Stouthamer Loeber, Magda ^c   Loeber, Rolf ^c   Pardini, Dustin A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Internalizing problems; Longitudinal; Proactive aggression; Psychopathy; Reactive aggression

Indexed keywords

EID: 73949102910     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854809353051     Document Type: Article

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