Infants' use of force to defend toys: The origins of instrumental aggression

Infancy

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 471-489

  Hay, Dale F ^a   Hurst, Sarah Louise ^a   Waters, Cerith S ^a   Chadwick, Andrea ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Caswell Clinic   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ONSET AGE; PEER GROUP; PLAY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL COGNITION; TODDLER; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 79960960605     PISSN: 15250008     EISSN: 15327078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-7078.2011.00069.x     Document Type: Article

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