Individual and peer group normative beliefs about relational aggression

Child Development

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 826-836

  Werner, Nicole E ^a   Hill, Laura G ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDIVIDUALITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; CHILD; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PEER GROUP; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 77953759270     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01436.x     Document Type: Article

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