Relational Benefits of Relational Aggression: Adaptive and Maladaptive Associations With Adolescent Friendship Quality

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1153-1166

  Banny, Adrienne M ^a   Heilbron, Nicole ^b   Ames, Angharad ^c   Prinstein, Mitchell J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Friendship quality; Relational aggression

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; CHILD; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OBSERVATION; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF REPORT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 79960442537     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022546     Document Type: Article

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