Self control and a sense of social belonging as moderators of the link between poor subjective wellbeing and aggression among Arab Palestinian adolescents in Israel

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue , 2010, Pages 1334-1345

  Qutaiba, Agbaria ^a   Tamie, Ronen ^b  

^a Al Qasmi College   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aggression; Arab Palestinian adolescents; Need to belong; Self control; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 78549243005     PISSN: 18770428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2010.07.284     Document Type: Conference Paper

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