A Monozygotic Twin Difference Study of Friends' Aggression and Children's Adjustment Problems

Child Development

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 617-632

  Vitaro, Frank ^a   Brendgen, Mara ^b   Boivin, Michel ^c   Cantin, Stéphane ^a   Dionne, Ginette ^c   Tremblay, Richard E ^a   Girard, Alain ^a   Pérusse, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TWINS; VICTIM;

AGGRESSION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRIME VICTIMS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 79952999808     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01570.x     Document Type: Article

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