Physical punishment and childhood aggression: The role of gender and gene-environment interplay

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 559-568

  Boutwell, Brian B ^a   Franklin, Cortney A ^a   Barnes, J C ^b   Beaver, Kevin M ^c  

^a SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antisocial behavior; Corporal punishment; Gene environment interaction

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD REARING; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUNISHMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TWINS;

AGGRESSION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD REARING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PUNISHMENT; SEX FACTORS; TWINS;

EID: 80053193183     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: 10982337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.20409     Document Type: Article

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