Social-cognitive mediators of the relation of environmental and emotion regulation factors to children's aggression

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 389-408

  Musher Eizenman, Dara R ^a   Boxer, Paul ^a   Danner, Stephanie ^a   Dubow, Eric F ^a   Goldstein, Sara E ^a   Heretick, Donna M L ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Direct and indirect aggression; School; Social cognitive mediation

Indexed keywords

EID: 7444239178     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.20078     Document Type: Article

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