Male and female university students' experiences of indirect aggression

Canadian Journal of School Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 131-148

  Leenaars, Lindsey ^a   Rinaldi, Christina M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Emerging adulthood; Gender role orientation; Indirect aggression; Social representation; Victimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649262594     PISSN: 08295735     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0829573509350062     Document Type: Article

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