Rough-and-tumble play and the development of physical aggression and emotion regulation: A five-year follow-up study

Journal of Family Violence

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 357-367

  Flanders, Joseph L ^a   Simard, Melissa ^b   Paquette, Daniel ^c   Parent, Sophie ^c   Vitaro, Frank ^c   Pihl, Robert O ^a   Séguin, Jean R ^d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggression; Development; Dominance; Emotion regulation; Father; Rough and tumble play

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951207411     PISSN: 08857482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10896-009-9297-5     Document Type: Article

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