The emergence of gender differences in physical aggression in the context of conflict between young peers

British Journal of Developmental Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 158-175

  Hay, Dale F ^a   Nash, Alison ^b   Caplan, Marlene ^c   Swartzentruber, Jan ^d   Ishikawa, Fumiko ^e   Vespo, Jo Ellen ^f  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c Helen Arkell Dyslexia Centre   (United Kingdom)

^d Ohio City Schools   (United States)

^e National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry   (Japan)

^f UTICA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; CONTROL; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; GROUP DYNAMICS; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; INFANT; MALE; PEER GROUP; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIALIZATION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

AGE FACTORS; AGGRESSION; AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INFANT; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; PEER GROUP; PERSONAL SPACE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIALIZATION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 79956149086     PISSN: 0261510X     EISSN: 2044835X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-835X.2011.02028.x     Document Type: Article

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