Testing the developmental distinctiveness of male proactive and reactive aggression with a nested longitudinal experimental intervention

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 127-140

  Barker, Edward D ^a   Vitaro, Frank ^b   Lacourse, Eric ^b   Fontaine, Nathalie M G ^c   Carbonneau, Rene ^a   Tremblay, Richard E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental trajectories; Intervention; Mediation; Proactive; Reactive

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARENT; PEER GROUP; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PARENTING; PARENTS; PEER GROUP; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77949414898     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: 10982337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.20337     Document Type: Article

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