Developmental trajectories of aggression from late childhood through adolescence: Similarities and differences across gender

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 387-404

  Xie, Hongling ^a   Drabick, Deborah A G ^a   Chen, Diane ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent correlates; Childhood risk; Developmental trajectories; Gender; Overt aggression; Predictive validity

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADJUSTMENT DISORDERS; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; AGGRESSION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79960558914     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: 10982337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.20404     Document Type: Article

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