Associations between sadness and anger regulation coping, emotional expression, and physical and relational aggression among Urban adolescents

Social Development

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 30-51

  Sullivan, Terri N ^a   Helms, Sarah W ^a   Kliewer, Wendy ^a   Goodman, Kimberly L ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion regulation coping; Emotional expressiveness; Physical aggression; Relational aggression

Indexed keywords

EID: 74049136527     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: 14679507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2008.00531.x     Document Type: Article

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