Indirect peer aggression in adolescence and reproductive behavior

Evolutionary Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 49-65

  White, Daniel D ^a   Gallup, Andrew C ^b   Gallup, Gordon G ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Indirect peer aggression; Intrasexual competition

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952900631     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14747049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/147470491000800106     Document Type: Article

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