Aggressive and prosocial peer group functioning: Effects on children's social, school, and psychological adjustment

Social Development

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 659-680

  Chung Hall, Janet ^a   Chen, Xinyin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Peers peer relations; Social behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957106389     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: 14679507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2009.00556.x     Document Type: Article

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