Associations between parental control and children's overt and relational aggression

British Journal of Developmental Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 607-623

  Kuppens, Sofie ^a   Grietens, Hans ^a   Onghena, Patrick ^a   Michiels, Daisy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD REARING; CONTROL; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUNISHMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIALIZATION; SOCIOMETRIC STATUS;

AGGRESSION; CHILD; CHILD REARING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PUNISHMENT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIALIZATION; SOCIOMETRIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 74049088534     PISSN: 0261510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/026151008X345591     Document Type: Article

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